I am very confused about for the continued numbering in subfigure of selected figures.
I want format a continued numbering in subfigures of selected figures, but not for all the figures. At the same time, the numbering in figures remains. The example code is as following,
\documentclass[a4paper]{book}
\usepackage[]{graphicx}
\usepackage{subfigure}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[!htb] %numbering in arabic
\renewcommand*\thesubfigure{\arabic{subfigure}}
\centering
\subfigure[]{ \label{fig:1}
\includegraphics[width=0.1\textwidth]{example-image-a}
}
\subfigure[]{ \label{fig:2}
\includegraphics[width=0.1\textwidth]{example-image-b}
}
\caption{1111111111111。}\label{fig:111}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[!htb]
\centering
\subfigure[]{ \label{fig:a}
\includegraphics[width=0.1\textwidth]{example-image-a}
}
\subfigure[]{ \label{fig:b}
\includegraphics[width=0.1\textwidth]{example-image-b}
}
\caption{2222222222。}\label{fig:222}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[!htb] %numbering in continued arabic
\renewcommand*\thesubfigure{\arabic{subfigure}}
\centering
\subfigure[]{ \label{fig:3}
\includegraphics[width=0.1\textwidth]{example-image-c}
}
\subfigure[]{ \label{fig:4}
\includegraphics[width=0.1\textwidth]{example-image}
}
\caption{3333333。}\label{fig:3333}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

subfigurecouter is reset with every newfigure. If you want Figure 3 subfigures to be 3 and 4, add\setcounter{subfigure}{2}just before your first\subfigure. – Werner Nov 29 '15 at 08:03subfigureis obsolete. Rather usesubfigorsubcaption. See How to keep up with packages and know which ones are obsolete? – Werner Nov 29 '15 at 08:04\setcounter{subfigure}{2}is not very convenient. – Changyu WU Nov 29 '15 at 08:41subfigurepackage an (obsolete) package calledcaptcontis offered for continued captions. – Nov 29 '15 at 11:13subfigurecounter value. – Dec 02 '15 at 17:12