Linking Captions to Images

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gawarner

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel Does anyone know of a way to link captions to images somehow so that they move with the images if they are moved within the document?
 
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John_McGhie_[MVP]

There are several popular ways of doing this.

You can place the image Inline with text, and use "Keep with next" on its
paragraph.

You can place both the image and its caption in a Text Box or a Table Cell.

You can select both the image and the caption and choose "Group" (both must
be in a text box before you can group them).

You can insert a Microsoft Word Drawing and place both the image and the
caption in that.

If you share a bit more detail of what you're doing, I can recommend one for
you.

Hope this helps


Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel
Does anyone know of a way to link captions to images somehow so that they move
with the images if they are moved within the document?

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gawarner

Thanks, John! In a test I did, I was able to successfully group images and captions so they would move together. This leads to a couple of questions, though:

1. You mention that "both must
be in a text box before you can group them". I noticed I was able to group images and their captions without first putting them in a text box, so I must be misunderstanding something.

2. Speaking of text boxes, is there any other advantage to first putting an image and a caption in one before grouping them?

Thanks for the guidance.
 
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John_McGhie_[MVP]

If your image insertion is set to something other than "Inline with text",
Word creates the image in a floating text box by default.

If you click a floating image and add a Caption using the caption command,
Word creates the caption in a floating text box also.

So they're both in text boxes, you just didn't know it :)

The advantage of placing the image and caption in a text box is that that
allows both to float. You cannot "group" objects that are "Inline with
text" because they are in the text layer, not the graphics layer, and
they're part of the text, not the graphics space.

Other than that, no, there is no advantage. In fact the reverse: text boxes
are to be avoided if possible, because they can be very difficult to manage
in large, complex documents.

Cheers


Thanks, John! In a test I did, I was able to successfully group images and
captions so they would move together. This leads to a couple of questions,
though:

1. You mention that "both must
be in a text box before you can group them". I noticed I was able to group
images and their captions without first putting them in a text box, so I must
be misunderstanding something.

2. Speaking of text boxes, is there any other advantage to first putting an
image and a caption in one before grouping them?

Thanks for the guidance.

--

The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]
 
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gawarner

Another question on this: If I create a text box, then place an image and caption in it, how can I somehow link those to the text box so that they will move with it when I move it?
 
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CyberTaz

If the image & the caption are actually *in* the text box that's exactly
what will happen. There is no need or provision for "linking" them to the
text box because they are contained within it.

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

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