List of Tables - how to Colon(:) when list of table/figures

Question

My paper's table in text looks like this:

However, I want the caption with colon behind Table 1 in text:

If I add the colon ":" in caption, my code is

\caption{:\textbf{ The Title}}

The List of Tables page will have two ":"

How to fix that? Also, I do not need "The title" bold in List of Tables Page, but it is better to bold in text.

Thank you very much! I will be very appreciate it.

Answer 1

The standard classes (book, report, article, memoir, etc) print a caption in a table as (for the first table)

Table 1: Caption text

which is what you wanted. What have you done to prevent that?

You can use the tocloft package for changing the entry style in the LoT. Here's a MWE that provides what you are after.

% captiontocprob.tex  SE 545537
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\renewcommand{\cfttabpresnum}{Table } % put this before the number
\setlength{\cfttabnumwidth}{4em} % more space needed for Table number
\renewcommand{\cfttabaftersnum}{:} % put this after the table number
\begin{document}
\listoftables
\begin{table}
  \centering
  A TABLE
  \caption{Tables's caption}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Read the tocloft documentation for detailed information (texdoc tocloft).

It would really have helpful if you had given us an MWE so we didn't have to guess what you had done; I'm doing my best to be nice but I'm a GOM.