Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ subfig package destroys figure captions

[tofergregg]

Hi there -- I am writing a paper using the acm_proc_article-sp.cls class file from the ACM. I'm also trying to use the subfig package as well. But, when I use the subfig package, my figure captions get screwed up. Instead of saying "Figure 1: This is my caption.", it says "1: This is my caption" without the bold and without "Figure".

The following is in acm_proc_article-sp.cls:

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\long\def\@makecaption#1#2{
   \vskip \baselineskip
   \setbox\@tempboxa\hbox{\textbf{#1: #2}}
   \ifdim \wd\@tempboxa >\hsize % IF longer than one line:
       \textbf{#1: #2}\par               %   THEN set as ordinary paragraph.
     \else                      %   ELSE  center.
       \hbox to\hsize{\hfil\box\@tempboxa\hfil}\par
   \fi}

How might I go about re-defining the caption to reflect the bolded "Figure"? Thanks!

[sommerfee]

To use the subfig package without the caption package (so especially \@makecaption will not be overwritten) use the argument "caption=false" when loading the subfig package, e.g.

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\usepackage[caption=false]{subfig}

See subfig package documentation for details.

[tofergregg]

Thank you! I ended up having to do it this way, though, as simply using the one line command gave me an error ("Error: caption undefined").

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\usepackage[caption=false]{caption}
\usepackage{subfig}

[sommerfee]

Thank you! I ended up having to do it this way, though, as simply using the one line command gave me an error ("Error: caption undefined").

Then you are using quite an old version of caption and subfig package. When Steven Cochran and I noticed that this feature would be useful, we implemented it first inside the caption package via option "caption=false". But this showed up some drawbacks, and therefore we change it in 2004 by moving the option "caption=false" to the subfig package.