[Stefan Blom]

1. You need a table (without borders); then you can apply different
styles to different cells. Save the entire table as an AutoText.

2. To force an update of caption numbers as well as other fields press
Ctrl+A (to select the whole document) and then press F9.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Distressed" wrote in message
...
1. I didn't apply the style - in the sense that when I tried to add
"Theorem
7.1" at the start of my line, I had to use either caption or
Autotext. In
the first instance I used Autotext, but then Word decided the whole
line was
a CAPTION. That is a problem as my captions and normal text should
be
different sizes/formats. Hence I corrected the text part by
changing font
size. That is a bad solution... so I tried using Autotext instead.

2) the problem with Autotext - if I create new things for each
'Figure/Definition etc' How do I get the numbering AUTOMATIC and
SEQUENTIAL?
- I can't get that to work.

Thanks


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

1. How did you apply the style? In order to apply a paragraph
style,
you should either select the whole paragraph (for example, by
double-clicking in the left margin when the pointer is an arrow
pointing to north-east), or just place the cursor inside the
paragraph.

"Caption + 11pt" indicates that there is direct font formatting
applied. To get rid of it, you can select the paragraph and press
Ctrl+SpaceBar. Similarly, you can get rid of direct paragraph
formatting, by selecting the text and pressing Ctrl+Q.

2. If you are using AutoText, you need one AutoText for each type
of
caption.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Distressed" wrote in message
...
Hi whoever can help...
I have tried two things, and Word seems to change my formatting
on
them both
at its whim:

1) I made my Theorems and Definitions into captions, so I could
get
the
correct sequential numbering.
Actually I INSERTED the caption onto a normal line of text...
It turned the whole line into "Caption" style which I don't seem
to
be able
to format in its own right (it turns it into "Caption +11 pt" or
similar).
when I try to apply the Normal Format, it wipes out all other
formatting
within the selected text - such as italic and sub-script and
super-script.
This is a REAL PAIN for some lines - there are 15 individually
italicised
letters or so!

2) I then tried, following a suggestion, to do my captions as
AutoText
entries. Which seemed ok, but now, it is not numbering
sequentially - it
just numbers them all the same, unless the lines are already of
the
type
'Caption'. Also, I don't know how I can use AutoText for
different
labels
and still keep sequential numbering:
Definition 7.1
Theorem 7.2
Defn 7.3
Defn 7.4
Thm 7.5

etc.

Help please???

Thanks!



The trouble is,
Any way round this?

Thanks