Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Single spaced captions, 1.5-spaced text

[xly]

Hi,
I am using a special class set by my university that sets all the text to 1.5 spaced. However, it also sets the captions in tables and figures to 1.5 spacing, even though the university guidelines require them to be single spaced (the class is not well maintained apparently). My question is: how do I set single spacing in captions of tables and figures without having to go though the entire document and put \singlespacing in each caption?

Thanks.

[localghost]

The current version of the caption package offers an option to explicitely set the line spacing to single space.

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\usepackage[font=singlespacing]{caption}

Since you are using a nonstandard document class, there is not guaranty of full functionality. Refer to the manual of the package to learn more about class support and its capabilities.


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[xly]

Hi,
The class of my thesis is based on the report class. When I tried implementing your modification it gave me the error: "Latex error: option clash for package caption."
So I decided that I will add \singlespacing to each figure caption, but that also produced errors of missing {. I have the thesis due tomorrow, and I am looking for any way change the captions to single spaced, even if I have to do it manually. My mistake was that I assumed that the class was well maintained and had all the required formatting.

[localghost]

Post your complete preamble and attach your class file or give a link where to find it.

[sommerfee]

When I tried implementing your modification it gave me the error: "Latex error: option clash for package caption."

If you load the subfig package additionally, please load the caption package *before* the subfig package. (See also doc of subfig and caption package, the caption package documentation also contains explanations for most warnings and errors which are related to the caption package.)

Regards,
Axel

[xly]

Thank you Axel and localghost.
Axel was right, the error was given because I loaded it after the subfig package.