Deleting Figures

[David]

Hi,

I am using Word 2000 and and have deleted a numbered
figure by using the delete button. I find that when I
update fields the figure is still "seen" as the table of
figures jumps the deleted number and does not renumber all
to fill the hole. There are about 50 figures in the doc
which is about 110 pages long, there are also contents,
indexes, equations and tables.

Is there a specific way of deleting figures without this
happening?

I have looked at all the control codes etc and can find no
reference to the missing figure which may be hanging round
in the document.

Any ideas?

 

[Jonathan West]

Hi,

I am using Word 2000 and and have deleted a numbered
figure by using the delete button. I find that when I
update fields the figure is still "seen" as the table of
figures jumps the deleted number and does not renumber all
to fill the hole. There are about 50 figures in the doc
which is about 110 pages long, there are also contents,
indexes, equations and tables.

Is there a specific way of deleting figures without this
happening?

I have looked at all the control codes etc and can find no
reference to the missing figure which may be hanging round
in the document.

No, it's not hanging aroud, but possibly the bookmark used by the table of
figures is still hanging around.

Position the cursor in the table of figures and press the F9 key. This will
update the table of figures. If offered the option between updating page
numbers only or updating the whole table, choose the latter. The offending
item will disappear.

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

No, it's not hanging aroud, but possibly the bookmark used by the table of
figures is still hanging around.

Position the cursor in the table of figures and press the F9 key. This will
update the table of figures. If offered the option between updating page
numbers only or updating the whole table, choose the latter. The offending
item will disappear.

In addition: note that if you are tracking changes, auto-numbers often
don't sort themselves out until all changes have been accepted.

DM

 

[david]

Thanks for the suggestions.

Have now fixed the problem (as none of the suggestions
worked on Word 2000) by opening the doc in Word 2003,
deleting the table of figs, accepting all changes and re-
inserting the table, then move back to W2000.

Before you ask! My work PC is on W2000 and home on W2003,
all our work docs have to be on W2000 until they decide to
upgrade all PCs, not a cheap job.

Tks

David