I am using revtex4-1 for a Physical Review Letter. Typically when a figure is made, the caption starts out FIG. 1. <text>. I am creating a supplementary file and I would like it to say FIG. S1. <text>. How can I change that?
[Tex/LaTex] How to change figure caption label
captionsfloats
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In preamble,
\usepackage{newfloat}
\DeclareFloatingEnvironment[name={Supplementary Figure}]{suppfigure}
In text,
\begin{suppfigure}
\caption{...}
\end{suppfigure}
If you use old versions of caption package, there is no newfloat package, then use caption package and \DeclareCaptionType command instead.
You can do all your changes using options for the caption package:
\documentclass[12pt,twoside]{report}
\usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor}
\definecolor{ocre}{RGB}{243,102,25}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage[font={color=ocre,bf},figurename=Fig.,labelfont={it}]{caption}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Test chapter}
\begin{figure}
\centering
A
\caption{Test figure}
\end{figure}
\end{document}
In standard classes book and report, the figure and table counters are by default subordinated to the chapter counter; if you are using a class in which this is not the default, you can use
\usepackage{chngcntr}
\counterwithin{figure}{chapter}
\counterwithin{table}{chapter
so the counter will be subordinated and will reset each time chapter steps.
It is not a good idea,in general, to involve direct modifications of attributes like color in redefinitions of \thefigure (or \thetable), since then the changes will also appear in (most of the times) undesired locations, such as cross-references.
Best Answer
A global modification to
\thefigureof the formwould suffice (in your document preamble). Alternatively, if you only want to modify the figure number representation in the caption only (since you might not be referencing it as part of "supplementary figures"), you could use
The former is preferred, since it makes more sense.