adding prefix to figure caption in LaTeX?

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user248237 picture user248237 · Oct 22, 2010 · Viewed 12k times · Source

How can I change the caption of all figures in LaTeX to include a prefix? For example, make all figures appear as "Supplementary Figure 1", "Supplementary Figure 2", ... rather than "Figure 1", "Figure 2"?

thanks.

Answer

user248237 picture user248237 · Oct 22, 2010

The answer is to use the following command:

\renewcommand{\figurename}{Supplementary Figure}

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