[stman]

"Henk57" wrote:


stman;2681032 Wrote:
When I add a caption to my images, I want to keep the caption centered
under
the image. My images are not centered on the page. They are left
aligned. For
example, I have a left-aligned image that spans from the 1" mark on the
ruler
(from the margin) to is 5" mark. I add a caption, center it, and move
the
right-margin ruler marker to the 5" mark. The caption then sits
centered
below the width of the image.

In order to avoid directly formatting the caption each time to center
it, I
centered it in the Caption style. I would then only have to align the
right-margin ruler marker each time I added a caption, depending on the
width
of the image. However, it seems that when you add a caption, it
inherits the
alignment of the paragraph before it (the image). Since my images are
left
aligned, the captions are always left aligned too, even though the
style says
centered. I have to "Reapply the formatting of the style to the
selection",
that useful action that Microsoft went and hid a few versions ago.

Any idea how to get the Caption style to not take on the alignment of
the
paragraph before? This seems to go against the very purpose of styles.

AFAIK, when u add a caption with the right mouse button it assumes the
default caption style. What you could do is to use a table with two
rows and 1 column, borders invisible. This allows accurate placement
of your figure in the first cell, and the caption in the cell below.
The table can be defined to left aligned, and the text within the table
as centered, so you don't need to set the right-margin ruler marker
everytime. Does this help?

--
Henk57


Thanks 57. That's certainly something I can try, and I believe I did do
something similar with a table in one of my documents.

You mention that when you add a caption be right clicking it assumes the
default Caption style. That's not my experience (Word 2003), and I'm still
wondering why, and if there's a way to defeat this behaviour.

Try this in a new document with Normal stylesheet:
- Paste in an image.
- Right-align it.
- Right-click on it and choose Caption.
- Enter anything in the dialog and OK.

The caption is right aligned with the image, overriding the style. Could be
useful, but it goes against the principle of styles, so there should be a way
to prevent this. Anyone know?