General ⇒ References numbered in list of figures

[moal2538]

Hi there,

Im new to latex and have 2 problems if you can help me with

1) the page numbers at the bottom of the page interfere with the text when I open the build PDF. How can I avoid that?

2) I have a few tables that have a reference as part of their caption. These references appear in the list of tables. So the reference counting starts from the list of tables rather than from the actual text. Can I avoid that too?

I hope somone can help me soon. I need to hand in my report tommorow

[localghost]

1) the page numbers at the bottom of the page interfere with the text when I open the build PDF. How can I avoid that? [...]

It is nearly impossible to say some thing about that without any code. Could be a matter of your page setup. Check the log file for warnings. Reduce the problem to a minimal working example (MWE). Longer text passages or even whole documents can be created easily with the blindtext package.

2) I have a few tables that have a reference as part of their caption. These references appear in the list of tables. So the reference counting starts from the list of tables rather than from the actual text. Can I avoid that too? [...]

Use the short form for the caption to prevent references from appearing in the LoT.

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\caption[short version for LoT entry]{long version with citation \cite{key}}

Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten¹

[moal2538]

Thnx mate I solved the reference problem. I'm still struggling with the page numbering interfering with the text though. I had assigned the margins to be 2 cm from the bottom using the code below

\usepackage[left=3cm,top=2cm,bottom=2cm,right=2cm,nohead,nofoot]{geometry}
so what that be the problem???

I couldn't understand how the MWE can help in this regard??

[localghost]

[...] I couldn't understand how the MWE can help in this regard??

A MWE does always help. In this case you have the luck that (according to my assumption) your setup with geometry is the cause. Modify it and allow at least a footer.

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\usepackage[bindingoffset=1cm,margin=2cm,nohead]{geometry}

This is equal to your settings but can also be used in a double sided document. You could add the includefoot option to get the page numbers 2cm away from the bottom of the page.

[ashish_sardhara]

Hi,
My references starts from List of Figures instead of 1st chapter, I tried the given solution for list of tables but it doesnt works(I just copied that into the main tex file)???
Can any one help?

[ashish_sardhara]

sorry for the post, the solution worked for me, i was impatient to get the quick fix... thanks localghost..!!!