Captions in Microsoft Word
Discussion
Hi all
Currently writing up dissertation in word. Have worked out how to make table of contents work and update fine and dandy. Am now trying to achieve similar with a table of figures.
I know that for the table to find the caption and trace it, you have to add the caption automatically, and you cant use text boxes. This is all well untill I come to move the picture, and the caption dissappears into the text, and cannot be moved with the piccy.
Help!!
Currently writing up dissertation in word. Have worked out how to make table of contents work and update fine and dandy. Am now trying to achieve similar with a table of figures.
I know that for the table to find the caption and trace it, you have to add the caption automatically, and you cant use text boxes. This is all well untill I come to move the picture, and the caption dissappears into the text, and cannot be moved with the piccy.
Help!!
The Word MVP Site said:
When you add a caption to a floating graphic, by default Word puts the caption in a textbox, which means it won't update and won't appear in the Table of Figures.
To get round this you must make the graphic Inline, and then insert the caption. If you need the graphic to behave like a floating object, you then need to select the inline graphic and its caption simultaneously and put them in a frame. For a fuller explanation of both the problem and the workaround, seeThe draw layer: a metaphysical space
To get round this you must make the graphic Inline, and then insert the caption. If you need the graphic to behave like a floating object, you then need to select the inline graphic and its caption simultaneously and put them in a frame. For a fuller explanation of both the problem and the workaround, seeThe draw layer: a metaphysical space
The Word MVP site is a source of a lot of useful information.
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