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From: graeme@otago.ac.nz
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: LaTex \caption command
Message-ID: <1991Mar6.124616.127@otago.ac.nz>
Date: 6 Mar 91 00:17:13 GMT
References: <1991Mar4.224724.2116@macc.wisc.edu>
Organization: University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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In article <1991Mar4.224724.2116@macc.wisc.edu>, bruggink@vms.macc.wisc.edu 
writes:
> 
> The \caption command generates *both* table and figure captions;  I want
> table captions to be in a different font and format than figure captions,
> and I want to continue using "\caption" so that the auto-numbering of
> tables and figures is preserved.
> 
> Can anyone suggest a way to do this within a .STY file??
> 
> --dennis bruggink
>   bruggink@vms.macc.wisc.edu     bruggink@ccc.nersc.gov

The command for formatting captions is \@makecaption. 

The \@makecaption command, below, has been redefined to handle tables and
figures differently.

\def\tablecaption{table}
\long\def\@makecaption#1#2{%
   \ifx\@captype\tablecaption     % i.e., a table caption
      \begin{center}
         \footnotesize
         \bf #1 \\                % centre TABLE <no.>
             #2 \par              % centre caption
      \end{center}
   \else                          % a figure caption
      \small
      \vskip 10pt plus4pt minus2pt
      {\it #1:}\quad #2
    \fi}

Such a definition should be placed inside a substyle file.

Place disclaimer here.

Graeme McKinstry              graeme@otago.ac.nz
Computing Services Centre,
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

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