diff --git a/ws/Docbook/CustomLayer/slide/slideHdm.xsl b/ws/Docbook/CustomLayer/slide/slideHdm.xsl
index 3115fdaf1561012446c3c7bb7f1c75dbca9f7df3..33220672a15894e8c28f654b9738c5d7199472a7 100644
--- a/ws/Docbook/CustomLayer/slide/slideHdm.xsl
+++ b/ws/Docbook/CustomLayer/slide/slideHdm.xsl
@@ -121,8 +121,18 @@
   </xsl:template>
   
   
-  <!-- Hack: Docbook XSL does not handle @valign in images-->
+  <!-- Get rid of block object names e.g. "Figure 3.1" -->
+  <xsl:template match="d:figure">
+    <xsl:apply-templates/>
+  </xsl:template>
+  
+  <xsl:template match="d:figure/d:title">
+    <h3>
+      <xsl:apply-templates/>
+    </h3>
+  </xsl:template>
   
+  <!-- Hack: Docbook XSL does not handle @valign in images-->  
   <xsl:template match="d:mediaobject[d:imageobject/d:imagedata[@valign]]">
     <img src="{d:imageobject/d:imagedata/@fileref}">
       <xsl:attribute name="style">