Link a figure and its legend all the time

[zp]

Does anybody know how to link a figure and its legend all the time so they
can be moved together all the time in a WORD file? thanks a lot!

 

[CyberTaz]

Certainly it can be done, but there are a number of variables and you don't
supply enough information. (And I'm assuming "legend" & "caption" mean the
same thing?)

What version of Word?
Did you use the Insert> Caption feature or is it simply typed into the doc?
Is the figure In Line or floating (Text Wrapping applied)?
If In Line, is the caption inserted above or below the figure?

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[zp]

Bob, Thanks a lot for your reply.

Yes, I was not clear enough when I posted my question.

My situation is like this. I inserted a JPEG picture in "top and bottom"
mode into my WORD file, and I wanted to type some annotation about this
picture right below the picture. When I moved the picture, say to another
page, I wanted the annotation being moved together too directly without doing
extra "Cut & Paste". There should be a way in WORD to do that.

Later on I figured out a way, which may not be the best way. I put my
picture into a TEXT box and the annotation as another TEXT box. I then
grouped these two boxes together so I was able to move them as a single
object.

Do you have other better ways to do that?

By the way, It seems the CAPTION feature is good for something but I just
don't know it yet. Is it good for indexing like a tag so WORD can generate a
list automatically about all the figures in a file?

Again thanks a lot for your reply!

You have a nice day!

ZP

 

[grammatim]

Yes, that's one reason "Caption" is good. Note that if your cursor is
in something that can get captioned, if you choose Insert > Caption,
it'll ask you whether to put the caption above or below -- and it
marks the upper paragraph "Keep With Next". You can do this yourself
from the second tab under Format > Paragraph, and that's a good
general way to keep the two items together.

It doesn't prevent you from moving one or the other separately -- you
have to be careful to select both of them when you move them.

 

[Henk57]

;2574948']Yes, that's one reason "Caption" is good. Note that if your
cursor is
in something that can get captioned, if you choose Insert Caption,
it'll ask you whether to put the caption above or below -- and it
marks the upper paragraph "Keep With Next". You can do this yourself
from the second tab under Format Paragraph, and that's a good
general way to keep the two items together.

It doesn't prevent you from moving one or the other separately -- you
have to be careful to select both of them when you move them.

On Jan 12, 8:39 pm, zp (e-mail address removed) wrote:-
Bob, Thanks a lot for your reply.

Yes, I was not clear enough when I posted my question.

My situation is like this. I inserted a JPEG picture in "top and
bottom"
mode into my WORD file, and I wanted to type some annotation about
this
picture right below the picture. When I moved the picture, say to
another
page, I wanted the annotation being moved together too directly
without doing
extra "Cut & Paste". There should be a way in WORD to do that.

Later on I figured out a way, which may not be the best way. I put my
picture into a TEXT box and the annotation as another TEXT box. I
then
grouped these two boxes together so I was able to move them as a
single
object.

Do you have other better ways to do that?

By the way, It seems the CAPTION feature is good for something but I
just
don't know it yet. Is it good for indexing like a tag so WORD can
generate a
list automatically about all the figures in a file?

Again thanks a lot for your reply!

You have a nice day!

ZP



:-
Certainly it can be done, but there are a number of variables and you
don't
supply enough information. (And I'm assuming "legend" & "caption"
mean the
same thing?)-
-
What version of Word?
Did you use the Insert Caption feature or is it simply typed into the
doc?
Is the figure In Line or floating (Text Wrapping applied)?
If In Line, is the caption inserted above or below the figure?-
-
Regards |
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac-
-
On 1/11/08 9:41 PM, in article
(e-mail address removed), "zp"
(e-mail address removed) wrote:-

ZP: to learn more about Captions you may like to download the free
chapter (11 - Captions) of "Mastering Microsoft Word for Scientific
Reports", which I co-authored
(www.masteringword.eu/downloads/mw_information/). It also explains how
to link figure captions to the figure ABOVE by defining / applying a
separate style for paragraphs that contain a picture (say called
Normal-Figure) and set it to "keep with next" (there is no "keep with
previous" option in Word, hence this workaround).