Re: change caption of table

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 23:34:32 +0100, Martin Schröder <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2005-02-17 17:33:13 -0000, Christian Setzkorn wrote:
> > Is it possible to change the caption of a table so that I obtain
> >
> > "TABLE 1 - bla bla"
> >
> > rather than
> >
> > "Table 1: bla bla"
> >
> > (TABLE has to be in capitals and the colon changed to a hyphen)
> 
> No. This is absolutely hard coded. You'll have to use Word
> instead.
> 
I do not think so. The OP can try this:


\documentclass{article}
%
\renewcommand{\tablename}{MY\_TABLE\_CAPTION}
\makeatletter
\def\fnum@table{\tablename - \thetable}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

  \begin{table}
    Some data.

    \caption{Test}
  \end{table}

\end{document}

HTH,

Regards,

-- 
Sridhar M.A.