Graphics, Figures & TablesChanging Figure and Table Caption Format

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yalag
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Changing Figure and Table Caption Format

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The defualt style in my machine is

Figure 1:

I am tring to change it to

Figure 1. (dot instead of colon).

How do I do this?

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benti
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Re: Changing Figure and Table Caption Format

Post by benti »

use the caption package. It has an option to set the separator.
yalag
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Re: Changing Figure and Table Caption Format

Post by yalag »

Thanks - it works great.
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