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Default How do I get caption numbering to number in sequence?

Using Text boxes will confuse Word (not just 2007 but previous as well) with
respect to Captions.
I never use Text Boxes for Equantions and Figures. Extract them (Equations,
Figures and Captions) from their boxes (copy/paste will work) and place them
in the body of the document where you want them, ensure that the Equantions
and Figures are formatted as In Line With Text. The caption can then be
placed before or after and use Keep With Next (found in the Paragraph group)
as appropriate to maintain their relative positioning.
Once the Captions are all out of the boxes, they will now update as
described previously.
All the best
DeanH


"Craig Q" wrote:

Dean,

I don't have track changes on, so that is not it. From some other reading I
have done, I think the issue may be related to using text boxes. What I do
to keep my figure or equation together with my caption is insert a text box
and then put the figure or equation in the text box and then add the caption.
This keeps my caption and figure together, but I think this may confuse Word
2007. It is just funny though that sometimes it works well and sometimes it
doesn't. I also understand that since my captions are in text boxes I may
have trouble creating a list of figures since that command does not see
captions in text boxes. If you have any other advice on how to better keep
figures and equations together with captions that allows them to move
together and automatically number sequentially, please let me know.

Thanks,

Craig

"DeanH" wrote:

Usually this indicated that Track Changes is on, or that a changes has not
been accepted/rejected somewhere in the document.
For further help see
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trac...ngesWorks.html
Hope this helps
DeanH

"Craig Q" wrote:

Peter,

Yes, that has not corrected the problem.

"Peter A" wrote:

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I am using the captioning function in word and it usually does OK, but in
some instances it gets the nubering out of order. I have ensured the anchors
are on the same paragraph and the figures or equations are below one another
in the document, but I still get some numbered out of order. Any ideas on
what I am doing wrong?


Have you tried refreshing your fields?

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Peter Aitken
Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers
www.tech-word.com