Caption numbering

[Guest]

Word 2003: I have a short document with a number of pictures. The first group
of pictures are all in a row and are all the exact same size. When I give the
first one a caption, it correctly numbers it Figure 1. However, when I number
the next one, it numbers that one Figure 1 and changes the first one to
Figure 2.

What's my problem?

 

[Henk57]

It seems Word "sees" the second caption as yr first. Just an idea: d
you mean by "row" that you put them in a host table? If so, I was abl
to repeat yr problem by putting the caption for fig 1 in a cell belo
and the caption for fig 2 in the same cell as the picture. Word the
regards caption 2 as the first of the doc and consequently renumbers i
as #1. It may not be yr exact problem, but maybe it puts you into th
right direction. HTH, Henk

 

[Guest]

Actually, they are just in a line on the page, not a table.

There are five small pictures across and no matter which order I caption
them, the one on the right is always #1 and they then sequence from right to
left.

 

[Stefan Blom]

If the figures are *not* "In line with text" (Format | <object>, Layout
tab), the captions will be placed in text boxes, and the numbering depends
on the location of the text box anchors. To display anchors, use the View
tab of Tools | Options. Now, make sure that the anchors are not in the same
paragraph, and that the one which should be numbered "1" is in a paragraph
located earlier in the document. (You can use drag and drop to move
anchors.) See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/drwgrphcs/anchors.htm.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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