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Subfigure Captions multiple lines into one line?

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my problem can be seen in the image below in the red boxes. how can i get these captions to be in one line? it looks like the captions are formatted so that they fit in the "width" of the figure. how can i make it so that the captions can "extend" beyond the width of the figure?
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i did some simple editing in paint. how can i make the captions look like it is in the image below?

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the code i'm using is

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Code, edit and compile here:
\begin{figure}
\subfigure[Three pull-down menus \label{guistepa} ]{\includegraphics[scale=0.33]{guistep_a.jpg}} \; \; \; \; \; \;
\subfigure[Choose Medium \label{guistepb}]{\includegraphics[scale=0.33]{guistep_b.jpg}} \; \; \; \; \; \;
\subfigure[Choose Material \label{guistepc}]{\includegraphics[scale=0.33]{guistep_c.jpg}} \; \; \; \; \; \;
\subfigure[Choose Shape \label{guistepd}]{\includegraphics[scale=0.33]{guistep_d.jpg}} \; \; \; \; \; \;
\subfigure[Select Light Polarization \label{guistepe}]{\includegraphics[scale=0.33]{guistep_e.jpg}}
\subfigure[Pop-up dialog box of shape parameters \label{guistepf}]{\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{guistep_f1.jpg}} \quad
\subfigure[Sliders to change shape parameters\label{guistepg}]{\includegraphics[scale=0.33]{guistep_f2.jpg}}
\caption{Pictures of animals}\label{compsteps}
\end{figure}
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thanks for the help.

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Subfigure Captions multiple lines into one line?

Post by localghost »

Instead of using subfigure you should change to subfig. You can put your subfloats into a box of a certain width that automatically centers them.

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Code, edit and compile here:
\begin{figure}[!ht]
\centering
\subfloat[First subfloat with a very long caption that doesn't really make sense but to demonstrate the extension of the width\label{subfig-1:dummy}]{%
\makebox[8cm]{%
\rule{4cm}{3cm}
}
}
\hspace{5mm}
\subfloat[Second subfloat with a long caption to demonstrate the normal width\label{subfig-2:dummy}]{%
\rule{4cm}{3cm}
}
\caption{Dummy figure}\label{fig:dummy}
\end{figure}
 
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Adapt the width of the box to your needs.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten¹
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