Find missing caption

[Maki]

I've inserted a picture (floating) in a document and placed a caption with
prefix "Fig.". Naturally the first picture was "Fig. 1 XXXX" but as I was
relatively new to this feature, I had a couple of trials and errors to get
the positioning right.

Subsequently, I got the second picture inserted and try to insert caption
for that, too, but the numbering isn't quite right and it wants to put "Fig.
3" instead of "Fig. 2".

There could be an orphaned caption ("Fig.2") somewhere within the document
but I can't see it. Is there a way to find this missing caption and delete
it?

Or could there be any other reason for this irregular numbering?

Thank you.

 

[grammatim]

You could do a Search for the Style name that's applied to the caption
-- verify what it is by putting your cursor in the Fig. 1 or Fig. 3
paragraph; put the cursor at the start of the document, then Ctrl-F >
More > Format > Style > stylename > Find Next. First it will find Fig.
1, then (hopefully) it will find whatever it thinks is Fig. 2, and you
can delete that paragraph. (Or change its style.)

 

[Graham Mayor]

Caption numbers are places with SEQ fields. so you could use Edit > Goto >
Field > SEQ to step through the SEQ fields in your document,

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP


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[Maki]

Thank you, Folks, but neither seemed to work, or am I not doing it right?

Forgot to mention that I was using Word 2007. The captions are therefore
(?) in text boxes. Could this be the reason why they don't get detected by
"Find" or "Go To" functions?

Perhaps I should just use Publisher although it doesn't seem to have
automatic-captioning feature either...

 

[grammatim]

When I add a caption to a table (I haven't done a figure yet), it
doesn't go into a text box.

 

[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

Go to Word options > Advanced > Show document content section and set the
field shading to always. Unless the caption number is hidden behind a
graphic. You should be able to spot the seq number fields.
PamC

Thank you, Folks, but neither seemed to work, or am I not doing it right?

Forgot to mention that I was using Word 2007. The captions are therefore
(?) in text boxes. Could this be the reason why they don't get detected by
"Find" or "Go To" functions?

Perhaps I should just use Publisher although it doesn't seem to have
automatic-captioning feature either...

Caption numbers are places with SEQ fields. so you could use Edit > Goto >
Field > SEQ to step through the SEQ fields in your document,

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