1. You must use one of the built-in heading styles.

2. The paragraph numbering of the heading must be autonumbering.

You then check "Include chapter number" and select the appropriate heading
level.

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"strokefield" wrote in message
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Hi
I'm really confused by Word 2003, how it numbers chapters and the ability
to
insert chapter numbers in captions such as figures and equations. I can't
get
it to work right.
What I want is really simple, but Word seems to making it very difficult.
There must be a simple way to have my chapters labelled "Chapter 2",
"Chapter
3" etc. and be able to have Figure 2.3 for example. Could someone point
me
to some info source where it explains how to do this? I've looked at the
Word help and just get more confused. I've tried the Heading 1 business,
the
Bullets and Numbering outline business, and it just seems to mess things
up.
I'm writing my dissertation, nd need to get this towork.

thanks,