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surrix
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Figures Intentionally Not in List of Figures?

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Hey all,

Is it possible to create figures intentionally not in the List of Figures, such as the * environments for sections, subsections, etc? How does one go about doing this? Same question for tables. I still want to have captions.

Thanks

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gmedina
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Figures Intentionally Not in List of Figures?

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Hi,

you can use an empty optional argument for the \caption command:

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\caption[]{the text of the caption.}
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surrix
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Figures Intentionally Not in List of Figures?

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gmedina wrote:Hi,

you can use an empty optional argument for the \caption command:

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\caption[]{the text of the caption.}
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Hi,

Unfortunately, doing that simply results in entries with empty captions in the List of Figures, but they're still there. :\

Thanks
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Figures Intentionally Not in List of Figures?

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There are two possible solutions by using the caption package.
  • Use the \caption* command. This will result in a caption without a label thus without number.
  • Switch off the entry for a certain figure or table.

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    Code, edit and compile here:
    \begin{figure}[!ht]
    \captionsetup{list=no}
    \centering
    \rule{6.4cm}{3.6cm}
    \caption{Dummy figure}\label{fig:dummy}
    \end{figure}
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    This doesn't generate an entry in the LoF thus the numbering there will be interrupted.

Best regards
Thorsten
surrix
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Figures Intentionally Not in List of Figures?

Post by surrix »

localghost wrote:There are two possible solutions by using the caption package.
  • Use the \caption* command. This will result in a caption without a label thus without number.
  • Switch off the entry for a certain figure or table.

    Code: Select all

    Code, edit and compile here:
    \begin{figure}[!ht]
    \captionsetup{list=no}
    \centering
    \rule{6.4cm}{3.6cm}
    \caption{Dummy figure}\label{fig:dummy}
    \end{figure}
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    This doesn't generate an entry in the LoF thus the numbering there will be interrupted.

Best regards
Thorsten
This sounds like what I need. Thanks!
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