Generalchange the name of "List of Figures"

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iperten
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change the name of "List of Figures"

Post by iperten »

Dear all,

I use the command

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\listoffigures 
to add that list in my report. Then, with

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\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of figures}
, I add it to the table of contents. Here, it appears as "List of figures", but in the page where figures are listed, the title is "List of Figures".

I want "Figures" to have a lowercase "f".

I tried with

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\renewcommand*\listfigurename{List of figures}
(even without *) in the preamble, but it does not work.

I tried to modify the name in the report.cls file, but it does not work either.

Can anyone help me on this?

Thank you.
Cheers,
Mattia.

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gmedina
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change the name of "List of Figures"

Post by gmedina »

Hi,

that is probably because you are loading babel with some option such as english, or similar; in this case, use something like

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\addto\captionsenglish{%
  \renewcommand\listfigurename{List of figures}}
Another option would be to write

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\renewcommand*\listfigurename{List of figures}
after[/b] \begin{document} and before \listoffigures but I recommend using the first alternative.
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iperten
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Re: change the name of "List of Figures"

Post by iperten »

Dear Gmedina,

thank you! The 2nd alternative worked: the position where I placed it was wrong, but with suggestion now it's fine!

Thanx.

Cheers,
Mattia.
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