Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ centering the caption under figure

[kzg]

Hello Latex profis,

i am doing the following:

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\documentclass[12pt, a4paper, oneside]{memoir}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[OT4]{fontenc}
\usepackage[cp1250]{inputenc}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\caption{a short topic is centered.}
\caption{a very long topic should be centered but somehow it is not. a very long topic should be centered but somehow it is not. a very long topic should be centered but somehow it is not.}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

Does please anybody have an idea what to do to center very long captions under figures (have the same problem with tables)? Maybe i have not included any important package?

thx in forward.

ps. i am using LEd under Windows XP

[localghost]

I don't see the problem. Both captions behave normal. The second one is just wrapped to fit the margins. Please be a little bit more specific.


Thorsten

[kzg]

i have sent a pdf file with my result of the above code compilation. second caption is not centered. maybe the problem lies in the LEd?

[localghost]

As I already said this behaviour is quite usual and has nothing to do with your editor. Perhaps you should clarify what you expect.

[frabjous]

It looks fine to me. Do you want the individual lines of the caption to be centered, even when wrapped? If so, then try adding the \centering command inside the \caption. I think that would be ugly, but if that's what appeals to you, go ahead.

[kzg]

Here the code one again:

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\documentclass[12pt, a4paper, oneside]{memoir}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[OT4]{fontenc}
\usepackage[cp1250]{inputenc}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\caption{a short topic is centered.}
\caption {a very long topic should be centered but somehow it is not. a very long topic should be centered but somehow it is not. a very long topic should be centered but somehow it is not.}
\end{figure}
\begin{center} a very long sentence which is centered, a very long sentence which is centered, a very long sentence which is centered, a very long sentence which is centered, a very long sentence which is centered, a very long sentence which is centered.\end{center}
\end{document}

puting \centering inside the caption{...} creates compilation errors

a word of explanation: my supervisor wants me to make all captions in my thesis to be centered. He is a MS Word fan, so i am looking for the solution in order to prove him that latex is better and can everythig

[localghost]

The memoir class offers an appropriate mechanism to get the desired result. See the class manual for details (Section 10.6 — Caption styling, p. 187ff).

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\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,oneside]{memoir}
\usepackage[OT4]{fontenc}
\usepackage[cp1250]{inputenc}

\captionstyle{\centering}

\begin{document}
  \begin{figure}[!ht]
    \centering
    \rule{6.4cm}{3.6cm}
    \caption{a very long topic should be centered but somehow it is not. a very long topic should be centered but somehow it is not. a very long topic should be centered but somehow it is not.}
  \end{figure}
\end{document}

You may take a look at the ragged2e package for an enhanced \Centering command.

[kzg]

now it is as i want it to be.

Thank you a lot!!!