How can I change figure caption label?

Question

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?

have you seen how-to-change-the-numbering-for-different-figures — cmhughes, Feb 10 '12 at 16:32

score 24 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 14 '13 at 16:16

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A global modification to \thefigure of the form

\renewcommand{\thefigure}{S\arabic{figure}}

would 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

\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\fnum@figure}{\figurename~S\thefigure}
\makeatother

The former is preferred, since it makes more sense.

edited Feb 14 '13 at 16:16

egreg

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answered Feb 10 '12 at 16:33

Werner

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@egreg i would like to add some color in the figure's label, but i want the color also applied in the colon that is added automatically after the figure number, and is appearing black,
```
\renewcommand{\thefigure}{\textbf{\thechapter.\arabic{figure}}}
\renewcommand{\figurename}{\color{magenta} \textbf{Figure}}
```
i am using memoir class
– S.M May 07 '15 at 08:55
@SofiaMouseti Please ask a new question. – egreg May 07 '15 at 09:02

How can I change figure caption label?

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