Order of captions

[Minn]

I’m using Word 2003 and I’m having problems getting the captions in the order
I want them in. I’m pasting images from other Word documents and to get them
in the desired position I format the picture layout to be in front of the
text. If I’ve already created the caption when I change the layout the
caption disappears behind the image (of course). If I instead select the
picture and then add captions via Insert, Reference, Caption, the caption is
created in a text box that aligns well with the picture but then I’m unable
to control the order of the caption numbers. I tried turning the AutoCaption
on and off for bitmap images, moving the text boxes and grouping them with
the pictures but none of these things were successful. Any ideas?

 

[DeanH]

Captions, whether Auto or not, do not like being with a In Front of Text
picture.
As you have seen the caption tends to disappear under the image - that is by
definition that the text will be under a "IFOT" picture.
Have you tried using a borderless table, with the image in the cell as "In
Line With Text". You can Insert a caption by creating as usual and cut/paste
into the cell.
The cell can then be moved as required.
One benefit of using a table cell, instead of a textbox, is that the caption
will be updated when using F9 and when creating a new caption.
Hope this helps
DeanH