Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Left-alignment of caption in table

[kriss]

Hi,

I use a combination of the table and tabularx environment so that I can control the width of the table at will. However, I am unable to justify the caption (declared in the table environment) to the left side of the actual table that's declared using the tabularx environment. Any suggestions how to achieve such a justification?

Thanks,

~K

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\usepackage[font=bf,justification=raggedright,singlelinecheck=true,tableposition=top]{caption}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,float, geometry,graphicx,natbib, tabularx,bm,pdflscape}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[h]
\caption{Caption}
\centering
\begin{tabular*}{0.3\textwidth}{ llll }
\hline 
\label{table_silverscreen}
 & Col 1 & Col 2\\
\hline
Line 1 & 18.1\% & 85.9\%\\
Line 1 & 18.1\% & 85.9\%\\
\hline
\multicolumn{4}{l}{\footnotesize Sources:}
\end{tabular*}
\end{table}

\end{document}

[sommerfee]

Since you are using the caption package this would be a potential solution:

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\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[font=bf,justification=raggedright,singlelinecheck=true,tableposition=top]{caption}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,float, geometry,graphicx,natbib, tabularx,bm,pdflscape}

\captionsetup[table]{slc=off}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\captionbox{Caption}{%
\begin{tabular*}{0.3\textwidth}{ llll }
\hline 
\label{table_silverscreen}
 & Col 1 & Col 2\\
\hline
Line 1 & 18.1\% & 85.9\%\\
Line 1 & 18.1\% & 85.9\%\\
\hline
\multicolumn{4}{l}{\footnotesize Sources:}
\end{tabular*}}
\end{table}

\end{document}

Please note that this needs v3.2 or newer of the caption package.

As an alternative one could use the threeparttable, the ctable, or the floatrow package to archive the requested layout.