Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Figure in list of figures but without caption

[dax42]

Hi there,

Is it possible to have a silent caption on a figure?
Basically, my figure already includes its caption inside the figure file, so that I don't want to add another one with Latex. However, I do want the figure to appear in the list of figures! Is there any way to do that?

Thanks!
Winnie

[gmedina]

Hi,

you can use the \addcontentsline command; an example (I used black rectangles to simulate actual figures, but of course you can use the standard \includegraphics command provided the graphicx package has been loaded):

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\documentclass{book}

\begin{document}
\listoffigures

\begin{figure}[!ht]
  \centering
  \rule{2cm}{2cm}
  \caption{A black rectangle with regular caption.}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[!ht]
  \centering
  \stepcounter{figure}
  \rule{2cm}{2cm}
  \addcontentsline{lof}{figure}{\protect\makebox[2.3em][l]{\thefigure}A black rectangle without caption but listed in the lof.}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[!ht]
  \centering
  \rule{2cm}{2cm}
  \caption{Another black rectangle with regular caption.}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

Even though I showed how to achieve what you requested, I would suggest you to include only the figure, if possible, and produce its caption using the standard \caption command to avoid font inconsistencies.

[dax42]

Thanks a lot, that's really helpful!

[localghost]

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Thorsten