Create two sets of caption labels

Question

I would like to create two sets of caption labels in latex, but research online has not yielded any satisfactory solution. I was wondering if anyone can provide help.

More specifically, I have many images to insert into a paper that need to be sorted. Some will be labeled normally (i.e. Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.). However, there is another set I would like to name sequentially in a different format (i.e. Plate 1, Plate 2, etc.). I am using \includegraphics in the float environment for inserting images. However, I am open to any adjustments.

Alan Munn · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-05T05:14:45.030

If you're already using the float package, then it's easy to set up a new kind of float for your Plate images:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{kantlipsum}% for dummy text
\newfloat{plate}{pb}{plt} % second argument should be {htbp} in your actual document
\floatname{plate}{Plate}
\begin{document}
\listoffigures
\listof{plate}{List of Plates}
\section{A section}
\kant[1-2]
\begin{figure}[bp]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[width=2in]{fig}
  \caption{A figure}
\end{figure}
\kant[2]
\begin{plate}
  \centering
  \includegraphics[width=3in]{plate}
  \caption{A plate}
\end{plate}
\kant[3]
\end{document}

output of code

If you also want to use the caption package to manage caption formatting, you can achieve the same result with the newfloat package, which is more compatible with caption. The code is almost the same:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{newfloat}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{kantlipsum}% for dummy text
\DeclareFloatingEnvironment{plate}
\begin{document}
\listoffigures
\listofplates
\section{A section}
\kant[1-2]
\begin{figure}[bp]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[width=2in]{fig}
  \caption{A figure}
\end{figure}
\kant[2]
\begin{plate}
  \centering
  \includegraphics[width=3in]{plate}
  \caption{A plate}
\end{plate}
\kant[3]
\end{document}

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

6

Here's another variation using the caption package, borrowing from New figure environment

It creates a file \jobname.lop that stores a list of the plates.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{caption}

\DeclareCaptionType[fileext=lop,placement={!ht}]{plate}

\begin{document}
\listofplates

\begin{plate}
    \centering
    \rule{0.75\textwidth}{0.5\textwidth}
    \caption{My plate caption}
    \label{plate:mylabel}
\end{plate}

\end{document}

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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answered Jan 05 '13 at 05:33

cmhughes

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This isn't really documented in the main caption documentation; it's implemented in the caption kernel by loading the newfloat package. – Alan Munn Jan 05 '13 at 05:55
\DeclareCaptionType was implemented in the caption package and documented in its documentation in the past, but was outsourced to the new newfloat package so this functionality is available now for people who don't want to use or can't use the caption package, too. (But using \DeclareCaptionType is still ok, I will keep that supported for compatibility reasons.) – Jan 05 '13 at 09:58

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