I understand that you can do that. The problem is that users should be using
styles to specify captions such that they are consistent throughout the
documents. By doing it using Insert | Caption ... Numbered ... Include
chapter number ... Heading 1, you are relying on that being done every time a
caption is needed.

I want to do the following:
User types: PC Architecture
User applies "my figure caption" style to that
Result: Figure 2-3. PC Architecture

Now, if I decide to change how figure captions look, I can go back and
modify the "my figure caption" style. Maybe I decide I want to use the
following instead:

Figure 36. PC Architecture

If I have this in the style itself, than I just change the style. If I use
Insert | Caption, I have to go and modify each and every caption.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Using Insert | Caption, you can insert captions for figures or tables (just
choose which one you want in a given instance). If you want the Heading 1
numbering included, click on Numbering..., check "Include chapter number,"
and select Heading 1.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"termiflyer" wrote in message
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When I define my own caption style with an outline numbered list, I can't
insert a reference in the numbered list to a heading: I want "Figure
1-2.",
where the "1" refers to the current Heading 1. I can only get "Figure 2."
I
like to do it this way because I can just type my caption, then apply my
caption style, and it will add the "Figure 2." automatically. Also, I
can't
use the built in "Caption" style, because I want to do the same thing with
tables.

I can get the "1" by inserting a caption (InsertCaption), but then my
style
doesn't "keep" the label associated with it. For instance, if I apply my
caption style, it will just change the style, it won't insert the auto
text
and numbering.

This seems like a common thing one would want to do. Can you help?

Thanks!