Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Change caption name

[svend_tveskaeg]

Hi (La)TeX friends.

In a figure environment, I would like to change the 'caption type' from

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Figure~<n>: <Something>

to, say,

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Fish: <Something>.

How do I do that?

Thanks in advance!

[gmedina]

Hi,

use the \captionsetup command provided by the caption package. For further information, please refer to the package documentation.

[localghost]

The caption package that gmedina mentioned also allows to declare new float environments. Just in case you want it numbered independently from the other floats.


Best regards
Thorsten

[svend_tveskaeg]

Thanks to both of you!

I forgot to write that I have looked through the caption manual already. I was not able to find anything so I would be very greatful if one of you would either

(1) tell me exactly where to look in the manual, or
(2) write a fully-working example here.

Again, thanks in advance!

[localghost]

[...](1) tell me exactly where to look in the manual, [...]

Every PDF viewer has a search function that you can use to search for the \captionsetup command. Regarding my suggestion read Section 4 (Own enhancements, p. 25ff) of the package manual or search for the \DeclareCaptionType command.

[...](2) write a fully-working example here. [...]

Try to translate the above suggestions and start a first approach on your own. Feel free to ask further questions by presenting your efforts in form of a minimal working example (MWE).

[svend_tveskaeg]

Thanks once again!

After taking another a look at part 4 in the manual, I suspect that my question was not specific enough at first. Here is what I really want:

I would like to remove the preset 'caption name' entirely, i.e., something like

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Figure 1: A beaver and a horse.

should be

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A beaver and a horse.

I apologise!

[localghost]

For suppressing the caption label just use the \caption* command provided by the mentioned package.

[svend_tveskaeg]

Thank you very much!

Once again, I apologise for the 'stupid' first question.