aha! turns out that i am the biggest latex-guru of all times. \usepackage{remreset}
\usepackage{ccaption} \...@removefromreset{table}{chapter} \renewcommand{\thetable}{\arabic{table}} this does the trick! niko On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Niko Schwarz <niko.schw...@googlemail.com>wrote: > i tried it with \usepackage{ccaption}. doesn't change the error message. > i think i need help. > > > On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Niko Schwarz <niko.schw...@googlemail.com > > wrote: > >> the ccaption package says, i should do this: >> >> \makeatletter >> >> \...@removefromreset{table}{chapter} >> >> \renewcommand{\thetable}{\arabic{table}} >> >> \makeatother >> >> >> however, when i put it into the preamble, latex complains that >> Undefined control sequence. >> >> \...@removefromreset >> >> {table}{chapter} >> >> The control sequence at the end of the top line >> >> of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have >> >> misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct >> >> spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, >> >> and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. >> >> >> niko >> >> On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Niko Schwarz < >> niko.schw...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> using ams-book, the tables i use are numbered sequentielly PER CHAPTER. >>> the result is that i have three tables all called "Table 1". How do I change >>> that? >>> >>> niko >>> >> >> >