Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> _____/ 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,
A better way would be to redefine the caption environment. Herbert Voß's
tips and tricks pages at http://tug.org/TeXnik/mainFAQ.cgi/ (available as
a link from www.lyx.org too...) have all sorts of mind blowing magic.
In this particular case, I've used the following in my preamble in the
past.
%% Set the captions to be italic
\newcommand\myCaption[1]{\itshape\refstepcounter{figure}%
\begin{center}\figurename\ \thefigure :\ #1\end{center}\upshape}
\let\caption\myCaption
Adjust to suit.
--
Angus
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