Captions- putting in line with text, but different format

[Distressed]

Hi there,

I have been using captions to number Definitions, Lemmas, Theorems etc. The
thing is, I want to have:
Theorem 7.1 let blah blah blah (text)

where the Theorem 7.1 is Bold. The trouble is, Word thinks that the WHOLE
LINE should be the same format - so it then changes the rest to Caption style
(bold size 10). Two questions:

1) Is there any way to tell Word that actually only the number is the
caption (I have checked the box that does not include the label, using the
same label/caption type for my theorems, defns etc)

2) This chapter is in its own right - so it is theoretically chapter 0
according to Word. I have had to put a dummy '7' entry at the start using
Numbered Headings so that it labels my captions 7.1, 7.2 etc. How do I get
round this as I don't want the 7 in my doc?

Thanks

 

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

I have been using captions to number Definitions, Lemmas, Theorems etc. The
thing is, I want to have:
Theorem 7.1 let blah blah blah (text)

where the Theorem 7.1 is Bold. The trouble is, Word thinks that the WHOLE
LINE should be the same format - so it then changes the rest to Caption style
(bold size 10). Two questions:

Which might even be picked up later on as direct formatting (say, in a
Table of Theorems ).

1) Is there any way to tell Word that actually only the number is the
caption (I have checked the box that does not include the label, using the
same label/caption type for my theorems, defns etc)

I would use the KISS principle and define an AutoText containing an
entry in the desired style (caption) with the necessary (and bolded!)
SEQ field for the caption and a tab (unbolded). I would out of habit
leave the style unbolded and bold the field through direct formatting or
the "strong" character style.

2) This chapter is in its own right - so it is theoretically chapter 0
according to Word. I have had to put a dummy '7' entry at the start using
Numbered Headings so that it labels my captions 7.1, 7.2 etc. How do I get
round this as I don't want the 7 in my doc?

Hmm, can you elaborate a bit? Is this chapter later on assembled into a
larger document with others? Then I would simply not care and leave it
as it is (and do all page layout work in the final document). If not,
well, what besides "7" _do_ you want to have there?

Greetinx
Robert

 

[Distressed]

Ok... so that seems to work so far. I had not heard of autotext before!! -
only very recently by reading posts and not understanding what it was on
about!

Should I keep the autotext type as 'Caption' or 'Normal' or doesn't it
matter? I mean if I want to turn it into a list of Figures later?

Also, if I want to do this for my Theorems and Definitions, how can I keep
the numbering continuous for instance:
Definition 7.1
Theorem 7.2
Definition 7.3

as opposed to :
Definition 7.1
Theorem 7.1
Definition 7.2
???

With the chapter 7 issue I will probably combine into 1 doc eventually so
will ignore that for now as you suggested.

Thanks for the help!

Anna

 

[Distressed]

Also, don't know if you can solve this one...

Because I had made all my theorems into captions (to get the numbering), and
subsequently the rest of the line turned into Caption style, I now need to
get them back to normal.
The trouble is, when I try to apply the Normal Format, it wipes out all
other formatting within the selected text - such as italic and sub-script and
super-script. This is a REAL PAIN for some lines - there are 15 individually
italicised letters or so!

Any way round this?

Thanks

 

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hi Anna

Ok... so that seems to work so far. I had not heard of autotext before!! -
only very recently by reading posts and not understanding what it was on
about!

That's probably how we all learn a new thingy.

Should I keep the autotext type as 'Caption' or 'Normal' or doesn't it
matter? I mean if I want to turn it into a list of Figures later?

I would choose "Caption" (simply because that way, it's easier to
afterwards, say, shrink the fonts of all captions).

Also, if I want to do this for my Theorems and Definitions, how can I keep
the numbering continuous for instance:
Definition 7.1
Theorem 7.2
Definition 7.3

Personally, I think that's flawed -- like counting apples and oranges
(but then again, I'm not a big fan of using chapter numbers in the first
place ).

But you'd have to use the same SEQ field in all AutoTexts, and then it
should be feasible.

Greetinx
Robert

 

[Distressed]

Hmmm well I have to abide by some kind of regulations I'm afraid! and if I
restarted the numbering for the definitions, theorems and Lemmas and Tables
and Figures it would get most confusing - don't you think?? Personally I'm
all for no formatting at all! - Word seems to change any formatting I try to
do so what difference does it make? ;o)

anyway, thanks for your help. I shall continue the struggle. Maybe next
time I can just pay someone to write my thesis for me!!
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