[Tex/LaTex] Caption below the figure and aligned with left side of figure

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How do I get my caption below the figure and at the same time aligned with left side of my figure?

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Like this one?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{caption}
\captionsetup[figure]{slc=off} % "slc" is an abbreviation for "singlelinecheck"
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
  \centering
  \captionbox
    {Blah... \label{fig:test}}
    {\includegraphics{test}}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

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P.S.: The same effect can be archived using \ffigbox offered by the floatrow package, for example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{floatrow,caption}
\captionsetup[figure]{slc=off}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
  \centering
  \ffigbox[\FBwidth]
    {\caption{Blah...}\label{test}}
    {\includegraphics{test}}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

(For making \captionsetup[figure]{slc=off} work the caption package is needed here additionally.)

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[Tex/LaTex] Caption on the side of a figure

You can use the \floatbox and \capbeside commands provided by the floatrow package:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{floatrow}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
\floatbox[{\capbeside\thisfloatsetup{capbesideposition={left,top},capbesidewidth=4cm}}]{figure}[\FBwidth]
{\caption{A test figure with its caption side by side}\label{fig:test}}
{\includegraphics[width=5cm]{name}}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\floatbox[{\capbeside\thisfloatsetup{capbesideposition={right,top},capbesidewidth=4cm}}]{figure}[\FBwidth]
{\caption{A test figure with its caption side by side}\label{fig:test}}
{\includegraphics[width=5cm]{name}}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

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You could also be interested in the tufte document classes:

\documentclass{tufte-book}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1]
\begin{figure}
  \centering
  \includegraphics[width=5cm]{name}
  \caption{\protect\lipsum[1]}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

enter image description here

[Tex/LaTex] Caption positioned at the side of the figure

Here's one possibility (the geometry package with its showframe option was only used to display a frame as a visual guide):

\documentclass[12 pt]{article}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage[singlelinecheck=off]{caption}
\usepackage{floatrow}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\newlength\Myfigwd

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
\setlength\Myfigwd{5cm}
\floatbox[{\capbeside
\thisfloatsetup{capbesidesep=quad,
justification=justified,
capbesideposition= {left,center},
capbesidewidth=\dimexpr\linewidth-\Myfigwd-1em\relax}}]
{figure}[\FBwidth]
{\caption{Figure caption}\label{fig:test}}
{\includegraphics[width=\Myfigwd]{name}}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}
\setlength\Myfigwd{7cm}
\floatbox[{\capbeside
\thisfloatsetup{capbesidesep=quad,
justification=justified,
capbesideposition= {left,center},
capbesidewidth=\dimexpr\linewidth-\Myfigwd-1em\relax}}]
{figure}[\FBwidth]
{\caption{\protect\lipsum[2]}\label{fig:test}}
{\includegraphics[width=\Myfigwd]{name}}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

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