_____/ On Mon 05 Dec 2005 03:41:04 GMT, [Matthew.Kelly] wrote : \_____
Hi all,
I apologise that this is a trivial question that would probably be
answered with just a little digging.
One of the examiners of my thesis decided that the figure and table
captions were too small, so I was wondering what the best way of
making them bigger. Currently they are the same font size as the
text. If there is no easy way I will just spend the same time making
up a reason that this is the appropriate size for captions.
Matthew
Hi,
Captions should usually be smaller than standard text and most templates
enforce this. Yet, anyone who makes a big fuss over it is most likely dis-
tracted by unimportant detail. Either way, the naive solution:
* Highlight the caption text
* Go to the Layout menu item
* Open the "Character..." window
* Change size to "Small" or "Smaller"
* Press Apply/OK
If you built your document in a way whereby captions can be distinguished
from text (perhaps a float caption), then you can modify the style appro-
priately in the Preamble. LaTeX is not a strong skill of mine, so I can't
give you a snippet of code. This rids you from the need to change many
captions repeatedly with the risk of forgetting to change a few.
Hope it helps,
Roy
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