On 1/20/06, Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>I would like to insert a figure with the tag "Figure" in the caption
> >>>(as usual), but with no figure number. Is that possible?
> >>
> >>inside the float _before the caption:
> >>\renewcommand{\thefigure}{}
> >
> > Thanks, Herbert, but how can one eliminate the superfluous space
> > between "Figure" and ":"?
>
> \makeatletter
> \def\setSpecialCaption{%
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> \vskip\abovecaptionskip
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> \ifdim [EMAIL PROTECTED] >\hsize
> ##1##2\par
> \else
> \global [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> \fi
> \vskip\belowcaptionskip%
> \addtocounter{figure}{-1}}
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:\nobreakspace}}
> \makeatother
>
>
> and then only before the caption \setSpecialCaption
> It also decreases the counter, the following figure gets
> the right number.
>
> maybe that some special classes or the caption package
> offers some simpler commands for that.
Thanks, Herbert, Cezary and Kevin. I now have "Figure:", without the
superfluous space in the middle.
Paul
