Picture Captions

[Baldy]

Using Word2007...

I have a lengthy document with multiple photos inserted at various
places throughout. I would like to add a line or two below each photo
of what I'd call a "caption".

Word2007 does offer a "Text Box" option under the Insert Tab or an
"Insert Caption" under the References tab (which is practically the
same thing) but the problem is that these captions/text boxes are
merely in line with all the other text. When any editing occurs before
the text box, it will move up and down with the text. Is there any way
of locking the caption/text box to the picture so that it does not
move or at least they move together?

Strangely there is one Caption offered called a "Sticky Caption" that
does almost what I want. However, it has some other appearance
attributes to it that I don't want. (Still trying to figure out how
they made it sticky!)

Any ideas or should I be using a dedicated DTP program?

Baldy

 

[CyberTaz]

If you have access to a DTP program it would be a far preferable direction
to go, but if a good one isn't available to you:

Create a one-cell table or a Frame for each picture, then use the Insert>
Caption feature to caption each one. Set the Text Wrapping property of the
table/frame to Around. That will give you about as much control as you can
get. Just remember that the table/frame is still anchored to a paragraph, so
as the text repaginates so goes the object attached to it - that's just how
Word works Neither option, however, will allow the Caption to get picked
up in a Table of Figures unless each graphic & its caption retain their
InLine with Text attribute.

I'm not familiar with the "Sticky Caption" as yet - still too much demand
for prior versions to poke & prod '07 as much as I'd like, so I can't
comment on it. Perhaps more will be offered by someone more aware of the
feature as well as some other ideas. Check back for additional replies.

 

[gordo]

Change the picture to Square. Right click the picture, choose Format
Picture, select the Layout Tab, select Square, Click OK. Do the same with
the caption text box. Position the caption. Select both the text box and the
picture. On the Drawing Tool Bar, click Draw, Group. Then your picture and
caption are tied together and will move together. Note that your picture is
no longer "in-line". It is floating. Apparently it cannot be re-formatted to
in-line and now has a different behavior. For example, text flows around the
picture.

Gordo