Hi Stefan

Thank you so much for your reply. I am pretty sure I have my settings the
way I want them in the Caption and Caption numbering boxes. I have ticked the
box 'Include chapter number' and set 'Chapter starts with style' to 'Heading
1'.

I pressed Alt+F9 as advised and looked at the field codes which I hadn't
looked at before. I don't completely understand what the different parts of
the field code mean, but (with a little help from 'help') I changed the
endings and it now seems to work. The Field codes previously read:

{ STYLEREF 1 \s }.{ SEQ Table \* ARABIC \s 1}

I changed the final \s 1} to \n} and the numbering now works.

However, although the changes remain when I save the document and re-open
it, if I enter a new caption, they all revert back to the old field codes.
Have you any idea how I can correct my settings so the ending is always \n} ?

Thanks

Rachel


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Verify that the captions are set up the way you want them (in the
Caption and Caption Numbering dialog boxes). Then select the entire
document and press F9 to update the Seq fields that take care of the
numbering. Does that help? If it doesn't, what field codes show if you
press Alt+F9?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Rachel H" wrote in message
...
I am having trouble numbering tables and figures using the captions
command
in Word 97. I am using 3 heading styles in my document which are
numbered
(e.g.) Chapter 1, 1.1, 1.1.1 and respectively. These are based on
the pre-set
styles for Headings 1-3. I want my tables to be numbered according
to the
chapter number (e.g. Table 2.1, Table 2.2 etc. in Chapter 2),
irrespective of
which sub-section they are in. When I enter a caption, I have ticked
the box
'Include chapter number' and set the Chapter number with style
'Heading 1'.
The numbering is fine within a sub-section, but when I move to the
next
sub-section within the same chapter, the numbering starts again
(still with
the correct chapter number). I can't see why this is or how to
override it.
Please can anyone advise me?