Change caption name of figures

Question

How can I modify the caption name of a figure? For example I have

\caption{This is a figure.}

and by default the caption appears as

Figure 1: This is a figure.

However I want

Fig.1 - This is a figure.

score 182 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 14 '22 at 12:16

182

First, you have to redefine \figurename.

Option1: Without using the babel package:

\renewcommand{\figurename}{Fig.}

Option2: With babel (and English as language):

\addto\captionsenglish{\renewcommand{\figurename}{Fig.}}

For other babel languages you need to use the proper \captions<language> command instead of \captionsenglish in the command above.

For changing the separator between label and caption text, I recommend the caption package.

\documentclass{article}
\renewcommand{\figurename}{Fig.}
\usepackage[labelsep=endash]{caption}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\rule{1cm}{1cm}
\caption{This is a figure}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

EDIT: In case anyone wonders how to change the caption name of tables: Redefine \tablename.

edited Feb 14 '22 at 12:16

Νικολέτα Σεβαστού

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answered May 05 '11 at 16:31

lockstep

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Ok, but the figure is numbered like Fig. 0.0.1.. how can i remove that numerotation? – qwerty May 05 '11 at 16:37
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@qwerty: See this question for general hints about changing the numbering of figures and tables. – lockstep May 05 '11 at 16:41
Ok, and if i don't want Latex to automatically number my figures, what can i do? I do not want any numbers – qwerty May 05 '11 at 16:48
You could simply add some "caption-like" text to your figure environment. – lockstep May 05 '11 at 16:51
\includegraphics[height=59mm]{histogram.jpg} \caption{My caption.} Well, my figure is still numerotated.. – qwerty May 05 '11 at 16:52
Replace \caption{My caption} with \par\smallskip My caption. – lockstep May 05 '11 at 16:55
3

remove all numbers: \renewcommand{\thefigure}{} – Marco Daniel May 05 '11 at 17:10
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or you can use \caption*{} – Marco Daniel May 05 '11 at 17:11
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Using the figurename= key for the caption package (as in \usepackage[figurename=Fig.]{caption} ) you can change the figure name and this will work whether babel is used or not. – Gonzalo Medina May 05 '11 at 18:17
double chocolate for you sire! ;) – Filip Chwastowski Sep 08 '15 at 23:17
This doesn't work for me; the command \figurename is not defined. – einpoklum Mar 17 '16 at 11:44
using xelatex, to remove the caption prefix altogether, this answer does the trick: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/40182/68905 – MikeiLL Oct 31 '16 at 00:07
Is there a way to rename some figures? That is, some of my figures should really be called "formulas" – Adam_G May 23 '18 at 01:32
This produces labels such as Fig.1 below the images. But what about the references. \cref{fig1:fig3} Produce Figure 1c. How can I get Fig.1c or something like that. – skan Jan 08 '19 at 17:45
What should I write instead of endash to make it a dot like Fig. 1.? – Ege Jul 10 '19 at 21:18
This approach works "like a charm" also with \captionsspanish :) – MattAllegro Mar 28 '20 at 00:08
Is there anything like \algorithmname for algorithms? – upupming May 28 '20 at 14:14

score 62 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 14 '16 at 13:01

62

This is a simple solution:

\usepackage[figurename=Fig.]{caption}

Works with and without babel. Use tablename for tables.

answered Jan 14 '16 at 13:01

Peque

843

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Note that it has to be placed after \usepackage{babel} or babel will redefine the names back to its default settings. – Václav Pavlík May 28 '18 at 08:10
@VáclavPavlík I believe not if you write the above solution after the import. – niko Sep 03 '18 at 08:47
but if I subfigures it produces an error: "Package caption error: can be used only in preamble... – skan Jan 08 '19 at 17:38
Hello! But for rename only one and not all? – Luca Longo Jan 25 '23 at 22:11

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 15 '15 at 07:55

0

You can go to the file pseudocode.sty (if you are using a pseudocode environment) and changing the word "algorithm" by "algorithme".

The file is installed C:/programfile/...Miktex...pseudocode

edited Oct 15 '15 at 07:55

Roah

437

answered May 12 '13 at 20:22

Arezki Med

19

pardon: file "pseudocode.sty" not "pseudocode.sys" – Arezki Med May 12 '13 at 20:22
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It is bad practice to change the files originally included in your TeX distribution. – lockstep Aug 10 '13 at 13:33
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You better edit your answer than correcting it in a comment! – mafp Aug 10 '13 at 13:35
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Despite the fact, that it is bad advice to change distributed files, this is rather a comment than an answer. – Johannes_B May 28 '14 at 09:15
This is a bad solution. You should use existing functionality or extent it with a package (such as caption). – Roman Luštrik Nov 09 '18 at 16:11

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