Table/figure caption: Bold label & table/figure number

[Paul]

How can I bold the label and table/figure number in a caption?

P.S. I have different paragraph styles for table captions versus
figure captions. Table captions appear above their respective tables,
so I've turned on Keep With Next.

P.P.S. I tried to avoid having separate styles for the two but
sticking each caption along with its table/figure into a 2(h)x1(w)
table. The idea was to set a table property to prevent the two cells
from falling across two pages. Unfortunately, I haven't found such a
table property. Is there one?

 

[Stefan Blom]

How can I bold the label and table/figure number in a caption?

Apply bold formatting, or the Strong character style, to the label. There is
no way to do this automatically, though, unless you create AutoText entries
to insert the captions (instead of using the Caption dialog box).

P.S. I have different paragraph styles for table captions versus
figure captions. Table captions appear above their respective tables,
so I've turned on Keep With Next.

P.P.S. I tried to avoid having separate styles for the two but
sticking each caption along with its table/figure into a 2(h)x1(w)
table. The idea was to set a table property to prevent the two cells
from falling across two pages. Unfortunately, I haven't found such a
table property. Is there one?

You can format an entire table row as "Keep with next"; that will keep it
together with the following row (or with the following paragraph, if you
apply the formatting to the last row of the table).

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

To add to what Stefan has said, the Caption style is bold by default, but
there is no reason you have to apply the Caption style to all captions. You
can have different ones for table and figure captions (though you'll have to
apply them manually, since the built-in Caption style is always applied to
captions inserted via Insert | Reference | Caption). This will result in a
difference in the way you generate the Table of Figures and List of Tables
(they'll have to be based on the label), but that should not be an issue.

 

[Paul]

Apply bold formatting, or the Strong character style, to the label. There is
no way to do this automatically, though, unless you create AutoText entries
to insert the captions (instead of using the Caption dialog box).

Thanks again Stefan. (Further question below, at bottom).

You can format an entire table row as "Keep with next"; that will keep it
together with the following row (or with the following paragraph, if you
apply the formatting to the last row of the table).

Would this be in the TableProperties->Row panel? I just place the
insertion point within the cell and format the paragraph style as
FigureContent (my own style) or TableCaption (my own), which are set
to Keep With Next.

 

[Paul]

My figure caption uses the built-in Caption style, but the Label and
Figure Number are not bold. What might cause the default bolding to
go away?

To add to what Stefan has said, the Caption style is bold by default, but
there is no reason you have to apply the Caption style to all captions. You
can have different ones for table and figure captions (though you'll have to
apply them manually, since the built-in Caption style is always applied to
captions inserted via Insert | Reference | Caption). This will result in a
difference in the way you generate the Table of Figures and List of Tables
(they'll have to be based on the label), but that should not be an issue.

Apply bold formatting, or the Strong character style, to the label. There
is
no way to do this automatically, though, unless you create AutoText
entries
to insert the captions (instead of using the Caption dialog box).

You can format an entire table row as "Keep with next"; that will keep it
together with the following row (or with the following paragraph, if you
apply the formatting to the last row of the table).

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I'm afraid I don't know about that, as I don't use the caption feature. Does
it reappear if you select the entire caption and press Ctrl+Spacebar?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

My figure caption uses the built-in Caption style, but the Label and
Figure Number are not bold. What might cause the default bolding to
go away?

To add to what Stefan has said, the Caption style is bold by default, but
there is no reason you have to apply the Caption style to all captions.
You
can have different ones for table and figure captions (though you'll have
to
apply them manually, since the built-in Caption style is always applied
to
captions inserted via Insert | Reference | Caption). This will result in
a
difference in the way you generate the Table of Figures and List of
Tables
(they'll have to be based on the label), but that should not be an issue.

How can I bold the label and table/figure number in a caption?

Apply bold formatting, or the Strong character style, to the label.
There
is
no way to do this automatically, though, unless you create AutoText
entries
to insert the captions (instead of using the Caption dialog box).

P.S. I have different paragraph styles for table captions versus
figure captions. Table captions appear above their respective tables,
so I've turned on Keep With Next.

P.P.S. I tried to avoid having separate styles for the two but
sticking each caption along with its table/figure into a 2(h)x1(w)
table. The idea was to set a table property to prevent the two cells
from falling across two pages. Unfortunately, I haven't found such a
table property. Is there one?

You can format an entire table row as "Keep with next"; that will keep
it
together with the following row (or with the following paragraph, if
you
apply the formatting to the last row of the table).

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If any paragraph in a row is formatted as "Keep with next," this should
suffice, but it may help to select the entire row and apply it. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/ControlPgBrksInTables.htm

 

[Paul]

That made my manual bolding go away. It doesn't instill label/number
bolding on a caption that hasn't been subjected to manual bolding of
label/number. Seems like Ctrl-Spacebar removes any overrides an
imposes the formats that are part of the definition of the named
style.

 

[Paul]

Understood that whole row should be selected. However, the Table
properties don't have Keep With Next switch. This is only under the
paragraph style (so far as I could find). I guess I'm applying this
to the paragraphs of each cell in the row? Does the entire table row
also have a "meta" style (to which Keep With Next is also applied)?

I also visited the web page and it mentions a Wrap option under Table
Properties. I don't have such an option (Windows 2000).

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No, you are applying "Keep with next" to the paragraphs in the row. On the
Table tab of Table Properties, you should have a setting for "Text wrapping"
that can be set to None or Around.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It sounds as if the Caption style has been modified to be not bold. Modify
it again to make it bold.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

That made my manual bolding go away. It doesn't instill label/number
bolding on a caption that hasn't been subjected to manual bolding of
label/number. Seems like Ctrl-Spacebar removes any overrides an
imposes the formats that are part of the definition of the named
style.

I'm afraid I don't know about that, as I don't use the caption feature.
Does
it reappear if you select the entire caption and press Ctrl+Spacebar?

My figure caption uses the built-in Caption style, but the Label and
Figure Number are not bold. What might cause the default bolding to
go away?

To add to what Stefan has said, the Caption style is bold by default,
but
there is no reason you have to apply the Caption style to all
captions.
You
can have different ones for table and figure captions (though you'll
have
to
apply them manually, since the built-in Caption style is always
applied
to
captions inserted via Insert | Reference | Caption). This will result
in
a
difference in the way you generate the Table of Figures and List of
Tables
(they'll have to be based on the label), but that should not be an
issue.

"Stefan Blom" <[email protected]> wrote:

How can I bold the label and table/figure number in a caption?

Apply bold formatting, or the Strong character style, to the label.
There
is
no way to do this automatically, though, unless you create AutoText
entries
to insert the captions (instead of using the Caption dialog box).

P.S. I have different paragraph styles for table captions versus
figure captions. Table captions appear above their respective
tables,
so I've turned on Keep With Next.

P.P.S. I tried to avoid having separate styles for the two but
sticking each caption along with its table/figure into a 2(h)x1(w)
table. The idea was to set a table property to prevent the two
cells
from falling across two pages. Unfortunately, I haven't found such
a
table property. Is there one?

You can format an entire table row as "Keep with next"; that will
keep
it
together with the following row (or with the following paragraph, if
you
apply the formatting to the last row of the table).

 

[Paul]

Thanks for confirming, Suzanne.

No, you are applying "Keep with next" to the paragraphs in the row. On the
Table tab of Table Properties, you should have a setting for "Text wrapping"
that can be set to None or Around.

 

[Paul]

I think I neglected to properly explain an important point. I don't
want the whole caption to be bold, so I unbolded the Caption style. I
was seeking a way to automatically make just the label and number
bold. Sorry I wasn't more explicit about that. I thought I did it
before (bolding of label and number only), but that was probably using
a different word processor.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I think I get the picture now. I don't think there's any way to do this
automatically.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

I think I neglected to properly explain an important point. I don't
want the whole caption to be bold, so I unbolded the Caption style. I
was seeking a way to automatically make just the label and number
bold. Sorry I wasn't more explicit about that. I thought I did it
before (bolding of label and number only), but that was probably using
a different word processor.

It sounds as if the Caption style has been modified to be not bold.
Modify
it again to make it bold.

That made my manual bolding go away. It doesn't instill label/number
bolding on a caption that hasn't been subjected to manual bolding of
label/number. Seems like Ctrl-Spacebar removes any overrides an
imposes the formats that are part of the definition of the named
style.

I'm afraid I don't know about that, as I don't use the caption
feature.
Does
it reappear if you select the entire caption and press Ctrl+Spacebar?

news:653c1285-f64b-40f3-8ee5-2e5ae018a750@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...

My figure caption uses the built-in Caption style, but the Label and
Figure Number are not bold. What might cause the default bolding to
go away?

On May 23, 9:36 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <[email protected]>
wrote:
To add to what Stefan has said, the Caption style is bold by
default,
but
there is no reason you have to apply the Caption style to all
captions.
You
can have different ones for table and figure captions (though
you'll
have
to
apply them manually, since the built-in Caption style is always
applied
to
captions inserted via Insert | Reference | Caption). This will
result
in
a
difference in the way you generate the Table of Figures and List of
Tables
(they'll have to be based on the label), but that should not be an
issue.

"Stefan Blom" <[email protected]> wrote:

How can I bold the label and table/figure number in a caption?

Apply bold formatting, or the Strong character style, to the
label.
There
is
no way to do this automatically, though, unless you create
AutoText
entries
to insert the captions (instead of using the Caption dialog box).

P.S. I have different paragraph styles for table captions versus
figure captions. Table captions appear above their respective
tables,
so I've turned on Keep With Next.

P.P.S. I tried to avoid having separate styles for the two but
sticking each caption along with its table/figure into a
2(h)x1(w)
table. The idea was to set a table property to prevent the two
cells
from falling across two pages. Unfortunately, I haven't found
such
a
table property. Is there one?

You can format an entire table row as "Keep with next"; that will
keep
it
together with the following row (or with the following paragraph,
if
you
apply the formatting to the last row of the table).

 

[Paul]

OK, thanks for letting me know the situation. Not the end of the
world. I can use my god-given fingers to do it manually!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Sorry for the delay in figuring out what you wanted; I jumped into the
thread late and didn't pay sufficient attention to your original post.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

OK, thanks for letting me know the situation. Not the end of the
world. I can use my god-given fingers to do it manually!

I think I get the picture now. I don't think there's any way to do this
automatically.

I think I neglected to properly explain an important point. I don't
want the whole caption to be bold, so I unbolded the Caption style. I
was seeking a way to automatically make just the label and number
bold. Sorry I wasn't more explicit about that. I thought I did it
before (bolding of label and number only), but that was probably using
a different word processor.

It sounds as if the Caption style has been modified to be not bold.
Modify
it again to make it bold.

That made my manual bolding go away. It doesn't instill
label/number
bolding on a caption that hasn't been subjected to manual bolding of
label/number. Seems like Ctrl-Spacebar removes any overrides an
imposes the formats that are part of the definition of the named
style.

On May 23, 11:06 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <[email protected]>
wrote:
I'm afraid I don't know about that, as I don't use the caption
feature.
Does
it reappear if you select the entire caption and press
Ctrl+Spacebar?

news:653c1285-f64b-40f3-8ee5-2e5ae018a750@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...

My figure caption uses the built-in Caption style, but the Label
and
Figure Number are not bold. What might cause the default bolding
to
go away?

On May 23, 9:36 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <[email protected]>
wrote:
To add to what Stefan has said, the Caption style is bold by
default,
but
there is no reason you have to apply the Caption style to all
captions.
You
can have different ones for table and figure captions (though
you'll
have
to
apply them manually, since the built-in Caption style is always
applied
to
captions inserted via Insert | Reference | Caption). This will
result
in
a
difference in the way you generate the Table of Figures and List
of
Tables
(they'll have to be based on the label), but that should not be
an
issue.

"Stefan Blom" <[email protected]> wrote:

How can I bold the label and table/figure number in a
caption?

Apply bold formatting, or the Strong character style, to the
label.
There
is
no way to do this automatically, though, unless you create
AutoText
entries
to insert the captions (instead of using the Caption dialog
box).

P.S. I have different paragraph styles for table captions
versus
figure captions. Table captions appear above their
respective
tables,
so I've turned on Keep With Next.

P.P.S. I tried to avoid having separate styles for the two
but
sticking each caption along with its table/figure into a
2(h)x1(w)
table. The idea was to set a table property to prevent the
two
cells
from falling across two pages. Unfortunately, I haven't
found
such
a
table property. Is there one?

You can format an entire table row as "Keep with next"; that
will
keep
it
together with the following row (or with the following
paragraph,
if
you
apply the formatting to the last row of the table).

 

[Paul]

Gee, no need to apologize. You're a charitable force of one here.

 

[jl]

How can I bold the label and table/figure number in a caption?

Hi Paul,

I also wanted to do this, but it seems to be impossible. Another feature
that I wanted is more control of the label formatting, in particular adding a
period, em-dash, and space after the Figure number. Alas this also seems
impossible. I hope MS take this as a feature request.

 

[Stefan Blom]

You can create an example caption, with the settings that you want, and then
create an AutoText entry, which you can then insert whenever you want that
kind of caption.