Inserting Tables and Figures

If you and your group have any questions, or get stuck as you work through this in-class exercise, please ask the instructor for assistance. Have fun!

  1. Immediately below \end{enumerate} type \newpage

  2. Using Chapter 4 (pg. 17-18) of this file for reference, write code below your most recent \newpage line to produce the tables below:

    table 1

  3. Immediately below the last \end{tabular} type another \newpage

  4. Insert and refer figures
    Download the figure from here first. Upload the picture by clicking the upload icon upload icon on the top of the page, and then “Files… → Computer”. Then, at the top of your document, type \usepackage{graphicx} directly after the \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article} and above the \title{Introduction to LaTeX}. This will load the package graphicx, which is required to add figures. Type the following codes below your most recent \newpage. The comments after % explain what each lines does.

    \begin{figure}[h!] % This begins a figure environment; [h!] tells LaTeX to place it "here" if possible, overriding other placement rules
\centering % Centers the figure horizontally on the page
\includegraphics[width=1\textwidth]{uvic.png}  % Includes the image file 'uvic.png', scaling it to the full width of the text area
\caption{This is caption} % Adds a caption below the figure
\label{fig:uvic} % Assigns a label to the figure for referencing it elsewhere in the document (e.g., \ref{fig:uvic}). See next steps
\end{figure} % Ends the figure environment

    Then, type the following anywhere in the text to refer to the figure. Example: Please see Figure~\ref{fig:uvic}. Note: the label “uvic” for the figure should be the same as the label determined in the \label code above.

    refer figures

  5. Immediately below the line referring the figure, type another \newpage

  6. Create a three-line table (research paper style)

    refer table

    First type: \usepackage{booktabs} and \usepackage{graphicx} at the top of your document after the \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article} and above the \title{Introduction to LaTeX}. Then type the following codes below the most recent \newpage

    \begin{table}[htbp] % Starts table environent
\centering
 \caption{\label{tab:test}Caption for table} % Assigns label and caption. Label cna be used to reference table in text.
 \begin{tabular}{lcl} 
  \toprule
  Model & Adjusted $R^2$ & p-value \\
  \midrule
 Model1 & 0.6 & 0.01 \\
 Model2 & 0.7 & 0.02 \\
 Model3 & 0.8 & 0.03 \\
  \bottomrule
 \end{tabular}
\end{table} % Ends table environment

    Note: in the \begin{tabular}{lcl}, you should type the “l” (in short for left) rather than digital number 1 and ‘c’ (in short for center). {lcl} is used for the column alignment in the table. There are three options for column alignment, namely l (left), c (center) and r (right). You can change this part as you like.

  7. Ensure that the following codes are inserted into your main body, anywhere below the \begin{document} but above the \end{document}.

  • Reference a table
    Type the following in your paragraph to refer the table: Please see Table~\ref{tab:test}. Note that this should be the same label that you assigned to the table in the code above.

  • Insert a footnote
    Type the following: This is the footnote.\footnote{Footnote text.}

  • Add Verbatim text

      \begin{verbatim}
  The verbatim environment
   reproduces every input,
  including  s p a c e s!
  \end{verbatim}

    verbatim

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