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% caption.tex - Examples of how Latex handles captions within floats
% Andrew Roberts - September 2003
\documentclass[english]{article}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\title{Latex Tutorial 6 (Floats, Figures and Captions) Examples}
\author{Andrew Roberts}
\maketitle
\begin{figure}[!htp]
\caption{A picture of a toucan.}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics{toucan.eps}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[hbp]
\begin{center}
\reflectbox{\includegraphics{toucan.eps}}
\end{center}
\caption{A picture of the same toucan looking the other way!}
\end{figure}
\begin{table}[htp]
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{| l c r |}
\hline
1 & 2 & 3 \\
4 & 5 & 6 \\
7 & 8 & 9 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\caption{A simple table}
\end{table}
Notice how the tables and figures have independent counters.
\end{document}