Text Formatting ⇒ Caption for an itemized List

[Pixer75]

Hi,

I need to put a caption for a list of items (itemize environment). I found this macro on the web which seems to solve the issue:

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\makeatletter
\def\captionof#1#2{{\def\@captype{#1}#2}}
\makeatother

and then:

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\captionof{table}{\caption{un titre ici}\label{foo}}

However, the caption appears with the Table label at the front, followed by an automatically assigned number according to number of tables the document already has. I could also change "table" for "figure". But my lists aren't tables neither figures. I'd like something like "example" or "excerpt" to appear instead of "table" or "figure". I would also like to reset the counter. Is there a way of doing this?

Cheers!

[gmedina]

Hi,

with the help of the caption package you can easily define a new type of caption (and a new List associated with it, also). A little example:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{caption}

\DeclareCaptionType{exam}[Example][List of Examples]

\begin{document}

\listofexams
\begin{enumerate}
  \item First item.
  \item Second item.
  \item Third item.
\captionof{exam}{This is a very important list.}
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

[Pixer75]

Thank you so much. It works brilliantly.