Change caption name of figures

Question

How can I modify the caption name of a figure? For example I have

\caption{This is a figure.}

and by default the caption appears as

Figure 1: This is a figure.

However I want

Fig.1 - This is a figure.

Answer 1

First, you have to redefine \figurename. Without using the babel package:

\renewcommand{\figurename}{Fig.}

With babel (and English as language):

\addto\captionsenglish{\renewcommand{\figurename}{Fig.}}

For changing the separator between label and caption text, I recommend the caption package.

\documentclass{article}

\renewcommand{\figurename}{Fig.}

\usepackage[labelsep=endash]{caption}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
\centering
\rule{1cm}{1cm}
\caption{This is a figure}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

EDIT: In case anyone wonders how to change the caption name of tables: Redefine \tablename.

Answer 2

You can go to the file pseudocode.sys (if you are using a pseudocode environment) and changing the word "algorithm" by "algorithme".

The file is installed C/programfile/...Miktex...pseudocode