How to remove figure caption prefix "figure" in beamer

Question

I am trying to remove the caption prefix, "Figure", for my figures in beamer. I tried doing this but it made no difference.

Heres a minimum working example: As you can see, I have included the caption package.

\documentclass{beamer}

\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{subfigure}
\usepackage{subfig}
\usepackage{epstopdf}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[labelformat=empty]{caption}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[super,numbers,sort&compress]{natbib}
\usepackage[labelformat=empty]{caption}

% \usepackage{makeidx}
% \usepackage{sidecap}

\setbeamertemplate{footline}[page number]
%\setbeamercolor{structure}{bg=yellow, fg=black}
\usetheme{CambridgeUS}


\logo{%
\includegraphics[scale=0.25]{logo1}%
\hspace{\dimexpr\paperwidth-4cm}
\includegraphics[height=1cm]{logo2}%
}%


\begin{document}


\title[PT]{Presentation Title}
\author[Author1]{List of Authors}
\institute[Univ]{University Name}

\begin{frame} % Cover slide
\titlepage
\end{frame}



\frame{
\frametitle{Evaporating liquid film, G=0.0, S=100, M=35.1, Pr=7.02, E=0.0001, R=0}


\begin{figure}
 \begin{center}
   \includegraphics[scale=0.21]{/home/userid/Research/Dissertation/wigner/montage_evap/Evap_zg_2wl}
    \caption{Wavenumber k=2}
 \end{center}
\end{figure}



}

Have you seen this one http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/3303/18674 ? — Benedikt Bauer, Nov 12 '12 at 20:07
@BenediktBauer This will still attach the word "Figure" before my caption. I am trying to get rid of the word "Figure" — dearN, Nov 12 '12 at 20:08
Not using a figure environment maybe? Put it inside a block etc. — percusse, Nov 12 '12 at 20:23
@percusse But how can I not use a figure env. as I need figures? Plus I have 80+ pages of figures. this doesnt sound like a fun exercise! :P — dearN, Nov 12 '12 at 20:24
figure environment is not needed to include figures. Just use \includegraphics... directly and you'll see what I mean. You don't need floats in beamer as they are placed directly on the same slides.. — percusse, Nov 12 '12 at 20:26

score 105 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 12 '14 at 17:09

105

Renew caption template

\documentclass{beamer}


\begin{document}
\setbeamertemplate{caption}{\raggedright\insertcaption\par}

\frame{
\begin{figure}
\rule{5cm}{5cm}
\caption{Test}
\end{figure}
}

\end{document}

No need to load any other packages. You may even add some fancy stuff like a

\setbeamertemplate{caption}{%
\begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.5\paperwidth, sep=.2ex]{block body}\insertcaption%
\end{beamercolorbox}%
}

Which basically gives you a colored box around the caption (when a color-theme is used).

You can use :

\setbeamertemplate{caption}[default]

if you want to switch back the parameter to its default value, for example if you want the change to be only local.

edited Jun 12 '14 at 17:09

computermacgyver

151

answered Nov 12 '12 at 20:09

bloodworks

10,178

OK... so what does this to? – dearN Nov 12 '12 at 20:16
Removes "Figure". You will see the effect when you compile the code. – bloodworks Nov 12 '12 at 20:21
11

somehow this didn't work, I still see the "Figure" prefix. – Jinghao Shi Nov 18 '13 at 17:51
7

@JinghaoShi, this way doesn't work if you use packages like caption. In that case, see @azetina's answer. – Emile Dec 15 '15 at 15:53
1

Make sure you're not using the subcaption package either. – nedned Dec 09 '17 at 04:20

score 71 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 12 '12 at 20:28

71

You can use the caption package:

\documentclass{beamer}

\usepackage{caption}
\captionsetup[figure]{labelformat=empty}% redefines the caption setup of the figures environment in the beamer class.

\begin{document}
\frame{
\begin{figure}
\caption{Test}
\end{figure}

\begin{table}\caption{test}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
c&c
\end{tabular}
\end{table}}
\end{document}

enter image description here

Notice that since I am only redefining the caption style for figures the rest are left intact as defined by the beamer class.

answered Nov 12 '12 at 20:28

azetina

28,884

1

This didn't work for me. – dearN Nov 12 '12 at 20:37
@drN Why? Isn't that what wanted? That is, to remove the Figure and numbering from the caption? – azetina Nov 13 '12 at 00:47
perhaps my question should have been clearer: Yes you understand it right. I wanted to remove the prefix "Figure". I had already been able to remove the number. However, \captionsetup[figure]{labelformat=empty} did not work. I am not sure why. – dearN Nov 13 '12 at 15:08
@drN Probably you had to recompile. That is, delete all .aux files created by the compilation and then compile again with the new setting. Just saying. – azetina Nov 13 '12 at 15:14
Thanks, this is the one that worked for me. Classic latex: works but only if you're using some random package X. – marvin Apr 03 '23 at 18:18

score 41 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 16 '13 at 20:13

41

The solution is very simple. Just put the caption below the \includegraphics... command with a double left slash. You don't need to use the caption command, only if you need to number figures, which is note very common in a presentation:

\centering
\includegraphics...
\\ <your caption here>

answered Dec 16 '13 at 20:13

Anselmo

519

1

This is the simplest option, IMHO. – Billal Begueradj Sep 09 '18 at 09:04
Finally. This worked for my Document class on Texmaker with minipage where everything was failing. – SuaveSouris Nov 15 '18 at 18:11
This doesn't work for me - the text under this approach did not match the size of the caption text. – Rylan Schaeffer Nov 22 '22 at 07:42

score 12 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 11 '16 at 16:27

12

None of the answers worked for me, I had the same problem. I tried this one in the preamble and it does the job requested:

\captionsetup{labelformat=empty,labelsep=none}

edited Jun 11 '16 at 16:27

Przemysław Scherwentke

37,268

answered Jun 11 '16 at 16:20

user107819

121

This is covered in another answer (apart from labelsep=none), so why do you say "[n]one of the answers worked for me"? – Werner Jun 11 '16 at 16:45
3

the only working solution! – Sadegh Feb 21 '17 at 11:14
I tried this and it added a blank slide at the start of my beamer slides. Any idea why? – Rylan Schaeffer Nov 22 '22 at 07:44

score 9 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 05 '15 at 11:37

9

I've been having trouble with the caption package in Beamer, and the options above using this package weren't working for me.

However, this in the preamble seemed to do the trick:

\setbeamertemplate{caption}{\insertcaption}

answered Aug 05 '15 at 11:37

dmt

283

2

I also had some troubles with caption package in beamer. This solution is simple and does the job – arunmoezhi Nov 28 '15 at 23:15
1

Same with me... – CroCo Jan 11 '16 at 21:58
This did not work for me – Rylan Schaeffer Nov 22 '22 at 07:45

score 3 · Answer 6 · edited Oct 26 '16 at 12:27

3

Do not use the commands \begin{figure}, \caption and \end{figure}. Just use \includegraphics[scale=0.4]{fig.eps}

edited Oct 26 '16 at 12:27

answered Oct 26 '16 at 11:52

Aparna

31

You can highlight code in your post using back-ticks. To highlight code-blocks, either indent them by four spaces or use the {} on the gui. It is also better to post solutions that compile, a "minimal working example", as this makes it easier for people to appreciate and use your answer. This said, I don't think that you have answered the OPs question... – Oct 26 '16 at 12:29

score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 20 '21 at 20:55

3

I use the caption* command instead of caption, which removes the prefix in the Beamer slides.

answered Dec 20 '21 at 20:55

Laurent90

161

This did not work for me. – Rylan Schaeffer Nov 22 '22 at 07:46

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