[lug] Changing LaTeX labeling of Figures and Tables

[Evelyn Mitchell]

I haven't tested this, but I found:

  http://www.fysik.dtu.dk/~schiotz/comp/latextips/#figlabel

which lets you change "Figure" to "Fig."
and a bug report from 1997 complaining about the :

  http://www.latex-project.org/cgi-bin/ltxbugs2html?pr=latex/2504&

I have no idea if it's been fixed.

Evelyn

* On 2004-01-21 10:52 J. Wayde Allen <wallen at its.bldrdoc.gov> wrote:
> 
> Anyone know how to change the punctuation used by LaTeX when labeling
> figures and tables?  The default article style seems to be:
> 
>    Figure 1:  Caption
> 
> However, to comply with an specific publication style I need to change
> this to:
> 
>    Figure 1. Caption
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> - Wayde
>   (wallen at its.bldrdoc.gov)
> 
>       --------------------------------------------------------
>                             ISART 2004
>        International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies
>          http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/meetings/art/index.php
>       --------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Web Page:  http://lug.boulder.co.us
> Mailing List: http://lists.lug.boulder.co.us/mailman/listinfo/lug
> Join us on IRC: lug.boulder.co.us port=6667 channel=#colug

-- 
Regards,                    tummy.com, ltd 
Evelyn Mitchell             Linux Consulting since 1995
efm at tummy.com               Senior System and Network Administrators
                            http://www.tummy.com/