How can I left-align a caption?

Question

I am using this for captions:

\usepackage[font=small,format=plain,labelfont=bf,up,textfont=normal,up]{caption}

But they all come out centred - I want them aligned with the left margin - how can I do this?

TH. · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-17 00:33:31Z

up vote 9 down vote accepted

Add the options justification=justified,singlelinecheck=false. This is described in the caption manual.

answered Sep 17 '10 at 0:33

TH.
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brilliant thanks... is there anyway to "pad" the top of a caption so it has a little space above it? – flesh Sep 17 '10 at 1:15

Again, this is in the manual. It's the skip option. – TH. Sep 17 '10 at 1:20

forgiveme, i only started on latex today, i dont even know where i'd find the manual! – flesh Sep 17 '10 at 1:26

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If you're using TeX Live, run texdoc caption at the command line. Otherwise, you can just read it on the web. – TH. Sep 17 '10 at 1:46

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