Heading number to be included in table caption - troubleshoot

[fboehlandt]

Hi everyone,

I have a problem with table captions which should include a label, th
Heading 1 chapter number and a running number, e.g.

Chapter 1: Some Text...
Table 1.1: xyz
Table 1.2: abc

I have tried everything to make it work but I keep getting an erro
message that 'there is no chapter number to include in the caption'
Firstly, I tried defining the chapter number as the element followin
'Chapter', which didn't work. Next, I typed 'Chapter 1' and included a
invisible heading number, to no avail! It only works if I use standar
heading numbering:

1. Some Text...

Why is this so counterintuitive? Easily one of the worst MS Wor
features. Can anyone help please

 

[Stefan Blom]

Set up heading numbering as discussed in the article at
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numbering20072010.html. Currently
the site is having issues so you may have to look at the archived version
found at
http://web.archive.org/web/20130510...lly.com/word/numbering/numbering20072010.html
(if clicking the link doesn't work, copy and paste it into your browser's
address field).

Once you have the heading numbering of your choice, click Numbering in the
Caption dialog box, select "Include chapter number" and select the Heading
style that you want. (Usually, it's best to set up numbering so that you
should use Heading 1.)

To display the Caption dialog box, click Insert | Reference | Caption (Word
2003) or References tab | Insert Caption (Word 2007-2013).

 

[fboehlandt]

Hi Stefan,
thanks for your response. Defining list styles helped a lot but did no
eliminate all problems I was having. In particular, I can't seem t
enforce the following formatting for Heading 1:

CHAPTER #Number: HEADING TEXT

There appears to be some conflict between the numbering of the lis
style and the numbering of the heading style, which I cannot resolve
Occasionally, CHAPTER is being displayed but dissapears the moment I d
something else in the document. Is there a way to reset all headin
styles as I suspect the problem might relate to those

 

[Stefan Blom]

Which formatting are you referring to? Uppercase? Modifying the Heading 1
style as "All caps" should do what you want. If it doesn't, and you are
using Word 2007 or later (which I see that I assumed in my previous reply),
you can click the list symbol itself; Word select all numbers at the same
level, and you can then apply the desired font formatting to them in the
Font dialog box (Ctrl+D).

 

[pxp707]

I’m have trouble with my inserting captions under my figures and above my tables on my Word documents. I have already formatted my documents, so all the Chapters are assigned to Heading 1, while other levels are assigned to Heading 2, 3 and so on.

My Figure legends are not in text boxes, but there are text boxes present on my images which are anchored to stop them moving around.

When I go to insert the caption for a Figure 5.1, the caption box recognises it Figure 5.1 as its linked to Chapter 5 heading 1. The caption is linked and the `Include chapter number’ has been ticked. However, the Figure appears as Figure 0.1 not 5.1, the second caption when inserted appears as 0.2 not 5.2.

Why is this occurring and how do I resolve it?