Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Caption question

[b0z223]

I would like to modify captions I'm using on figures from the default format. I've attempted to use the 'caption' package as described here: ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/macros/l ... on-eng.pdf (i.e. \usepackage[margin=10pt,font=small,labelfont=bf]{caption} in the preamble).

When I output as .dvi and .ps, a file is created but no modifications are made to the caption. When outputting to .pdf, Adobe reader errors out (can't open document/can't execute open command). I'm wondering if there is a better/more up to date way of changing the caption format.

[b0z223]

some example code:

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article} 
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{epstopdf}
\usepackage[margin=10pt,font=small,labelfont=bf]{caption}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
  \centering
  \includegraphics{pge.eps}
  \caption{This is the caption of my figure}
  \label{fig:test}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

[sommerfee]

some example code:

This example code should work. Do you get any error messages? Could you please give us the log file produced when translating this example?

The only idea I have so far is that your caption package is outdated. The options "margin=10pt,font=small,labelfont=bf" are avail since December 2003, maybe your caption.sty is older than that? (But you should get error messages if this is the case.)

[b0z223]

Thanks for the response. I've uploaded two log files: one is running the above code (pdf output) with the "use caption package" and one without. When the line is present, the Adobe reader displays

There was an error opening this document. This file cannot be found.

Then TeXnicCenter displays

[DocOpen("%bm.pdf")][FileOpen("%bm.pdf")]
Cannot execute the command.

When the line is not present 0 errors/warnings are returned.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[sommerfee]

MikTeX tries to install the caption package on the fly but fails because of the crappy TeXnicCenter. This is not specific to the caption package but would also happen if you try to use a different package which isn't installed yet.

See also: http://www.miktex.org/2.8/issues

Solution: Either use the workaround mentioned in the link above, or use a different LaTeX editor which works fine with MikTeX (AFAIK every LaTeX editor but TeXnicCenter), e.g. TeXworks which ships with MikTeX is IMHO a very good one.

[b0z223]

I think I'll switch to TeXworks. Thanks sommerfee!

[localghost]

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Thorsten