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.
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 other babel languages you need to use the proper \captions<language> command instead of \captionsenglish in the command above.
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.
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Ok, but the figure is numbered like Fig. 0.0.1.. how can i remove that numerotation? – qwerty May 5 '11 at 16:37
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9Using the
figurename=key for thecaptionpackage (as in\usepackage[figurename=Fig.]{caption}) you can change the figure name and this will work whetherbabelis used or not. – Gonzalo Medina May 5 '11 at 18:17
This is a simple solution:
\usepackage[figurename=Fig.]{caption}
Works with and without babel. Use tablename for tables.
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1Note that it has to be placed after
\usepackage{babel}orbabelwill redefine the names back to its default settings. – Václav Pavlík May 28 '18 at 8:10 -
@VáclavPavlík I believe not if you write the above solution after the import. – niko Sep 3 '18 at 8:47
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but if I subfigures it produces an error: "Package caption error: can be used only in preamble... – skan Jan 8 '19 at 17:38
You can go to the file pseudocode.sty (if you are using a pseudocode environment) and changing the word "algorithm" by "algorithme".
The file is installed C:/programfile/...Miktex...pseudocode
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13It is bad practice to change the files originally included in your TeX distribution. – lockstep Aug 10 '13 at 13:33
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3Despite the fact, that it is bad advice to change distributed files, this is rather a comment than an answer. – Johannes_B May 28 '14 at 9:15
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This is a bad solution. You should use existing functionality or extent it with a package (such as
caption). – Roman Luštrik Nov 9 '18 at 16:11
