Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Table Caption Wrapping

[tennesseepaul]

Hello. I'm new here, so perhaps this has been discussed. I just can't seem to find it. I am writing a document which requires the captions (Title) of the table be left justified to the beginning of the table and wrap the caption so that it does not exceed the width of the table. The tables are centered in the document page. Any ideas? I've got nothing right now. All my tables are merely centered, the caption is centered and long captions span the width of the page, while remaining centered.

Thank you for your help.

[gmedina]

Hi,

sounds like a job for the floatrow package; a little example:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{floatrow}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}
  \ttabbox
  {\caption{A table with a caption with a width that equals that of 
  the table}\label{tab:test}}
  {\begin{tabular}{ccc}\hline
    a & b & c\\\hline\end{tabular}}
\end{table}

\end{document}

For further information please refer to the package documentation.

[tennesseepaul]

Perfection! That was exactly what I needed.

Thank you!