How can I really number figures automaticaly

[Timothy Madden]

Hello!

I wrote a larege document once with a number of figures. I tried to
make a serios document, fully automated. However fieldcodes in textboxes
are placed in that "float's layer" and are not updated together with in line
filed-codes, so the counters did not count the figures' number corectly

I have an important document to do and I want to know if there's a _relyable_
way to let Word number figures automaticaly or if it's safer for me to carry this
burden manually

Thank you
Timothy Madden

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Don't put captions in text boxes. If you *must* wrap text around graphics,
put both graphic and caption in a frame (using the Insert Frame button on
the Forms toolbar). Otherwise, put the graphics inline, with the caption
following. Format the graphic paragraph as "Keep with next."

 

[Timothy Madden]

I do not need to wrap text around graphics, but Word places capitions
within text boxes by itself and I don't really understand how Word
defines a caption and what's the connection between the caption and
the figure. It's not allway a text box, sometimes appears to be
regular text and captions do not allway move with the figure...

I mean I don't know how to change a caption from a text-box one to
an inline one so that it still remains caption and doesn't turn into
body text..

Thank you
Timothy Madden

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you select an inline graphic and use the Insert | Caption command, the
caption will be inserted as ordinary text-layer text. If you select a
floating/wrapped graphic and use Insert | Caption, the caption will be
inserted in a text box (which is in the drawing layer, same as the graphic).
If you don't need to wrap text around graphics, then the first thing to do
is to make all the graphics inline.

You don't say what version of Word you have; Word 2000 and above insert
graphics inline by default, but if you have one of these versions and still
have a wrapped graphic, click on the graphic to display the Picture toolbar,
then use the Text Wrapping button (dog icon) to select In Line with Text as
the wrapping style.

If you have Word 97 or earlier, double-click on the graphic or right-click
and choose Format Picture. On the Position tab, clear the "Float over text"
check box.

To remove a caption from a text box, you can select it and Cut it, then
Paste into the document body, then delete the empty text box. Or you can
double-click on the text box border to bring up the Format Text Box dialog;
on the Text Box tab, click on the Convert to Frame... button, ignoring the
warning. After your text box is converted to a frame, you can click in the
caption and press Ctrl+Q, which will remove the frame and leave the caption
as ordinary document text (in Caption style).

 

[Timothy Madden]

Thank you very much. I think I can work on it now
I'm not really found of this word proccessor, but it's the only one
other people are useing..

Timothy Madden