[Tex/LaTex] Note below figure as long as the figure – all centered but note left-aligned

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I have a similar problem with my figure that is scaled, so the footnote/text underneath will be as long as the linewidth not as long as the figure. the figure is in the center and I want a caption above it to be in the center too. But the explanation should stand below the figure and be just as long as the figure (LEFT-aligned). Caption gives me the text above the figure and the text goes outside the figure, too. Here is what I got:

% I tried this:
% but the text starts outside the figure \\
\begin{figure}[hp]\caption[]{Balancing Diagnostics Kernel}
\footnotesize\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{Gaus.pdf}
\item\emph{Notes:} This figure provides a graphical illustration of the common trend assumption. And again this figure provides a graphical illustration of the perfect approach for estimating something.
\end{figure}

Any idea for figures that are not textwidth but 0.7\textwidth? How do I get an explanation of the figure underneath a scaled figure so that it will be as short as the figure?

This is similar to this problem, but the solutions do not work for scaled figures as it seems.
Note below figure

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You can put the image and its description into a minipage environment. Now you can set the width of image and Text below to the same value by just adjusting the minipage width. Remark: you have to set the width of the image now to \linewidth as \linewidth is now the width of the minipage.

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[hp]\caption[]{Balancing Diagnostics Kernel}
\centering
\begin{minipage}{.7\linewidth}
%\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Gaus.pdf}
\rule{\linewidth}{10em}
\footnotesize
\emph{Notes:} This figure provides a graphical illustration of the common trend assumption. And again this figure provides a graphical illustration of the perfect approach for estimating something.
\end{minipage}
\end{figure}
Some other random text that should fill the whole line like blablabla and the like...
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Note below figure

The floatrow package offers the \floatfoot macro for notes in addition to a float's \caption.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[capposition=top]{floatrow}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
% \centering% default with `floatrow`
\rule{1cm}{1cm}% placeholder for `\includegraphics`
\caption{A figure}
\floatfoot{A note}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Small note (i.e. footnotesize) below figure

To have the legend occupy the same width as the associated graph, one may encase both in a minipage environment, as is done in the following MWE (minimum working example). Note the use of \par at the end of the footnote-sized material. Without the \par directive -- or a trailing blank line, which is the functional equivalent of a paragraph break in Tex -- you'd get the smaller font size but the wider line spacing that's appropriate for the document's normal font size.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx} % leave off '[demo]' in real document
\begin{document}
\hrule
(this rule just demonstrates the width of the textblock\dots)

\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\begin{minipage}{0.65\textwidth} % choose width suitably
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{mygraphicfile}
{\footnotesize Here are some notes that go with the graph. Here are some 
notes that go with the graph. Here are some notes that go with the graph. 
Here are some notes that go with the graph.\par}
\end{minipage}
\caption{Historical shock decomposition, 2007Q1--2012Q4}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

Addendum: If you want the explanatory stuff to go after the caption, you could place it in its own separate minipage environment, taking care to give it the same width as the graph. (I know there's no arguing about taste, but to me placing the explanatory stuff that far away from the graph doesn't look right.)

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx} % leave off '[demo]' in real document
\begin{document}
\hrule
(this rule just demonstrates the width of the textblock\dots)

\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.65\textwidth]{mygraphicfile}
\caption{Historical shock decomposition, 2007Q1--2012Q4}

\medskip % induce some separation between caption and explanatory material
\begin{minipage}{0.65\textwidth} % choose width suitably
{\footnotesize Here are some notes that go with the graph. Here are some notes that go with the graph. Here are some notes that go with the graph. Here are some notes that go with the graph.\par}
\end{minipage}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

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