I don't know of a way to do what you want short of putting the graphic and
caption in a frame together and centering the frame, but then you're back
where you started. If graphics are going to be variously aligned on the
page, it's probably better that the captions also be centered, but that
doesn't always work very well with run-in captions. What you might consider,
however, is something like this:
Table 1/Figure 1
Title of Table/Figure
instead of
Table 1/Figure 1. Title of table/figure
using a line break at the end of the table/figure number.
I would also suggest that, if this is manuscript to be typeset into a book,
you should definitely consult with the publisher about the desired format.
I'm sure much has changed since the last time I typed such a manuscript, but
at that time the publishers wanted all figures and tables separately (even
in separate files), with callouts indicating their approximate placement,
such as
[Insert Figure 1 about here]
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
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Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Colin Higbie" wrote in message
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In between my posting and seeing your suggestion, I decided to create a
Style, "Graphics and Tables", which extends the outer margins by an inch
and
then centers everything. I now put all my wide graphics and tables and
their
captions in that style.
The downside is that captions now appear centered under the image, instead
of left-aligned with it. I can live with that - this only has to be good
enough to go to an editor, but is there a way to center the graphic, then
automatically left align text with the wherever the left edge of the
centered graphic ends up? I think no, and to be fair, that would be asking
a
lot of a word processor, but if you know of a way, I'd love to use it.
Thanks,
Colin
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Yes. You can give the paragraph negative indents as needed. Or you can
put
the graphic in a single borderless table cell. In most cases tables are
not
required to conform to the margins, and you can set their position as
Center. There's a Compatibility Option in Word 2003 for "Allow tables to
extend into margins" (which is off by default), but I believe this is
the
default for previous versions.
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"Colin Higbie" wrote in message
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Aha, in changing one of my graphics back to inline, I remembered what
the
problem was. But I'll bet there is another solution (I hope).
If the picture is wider than the margins (for a full bleed graphic or
just
one that's larger than the margins would allow), Word lines it up with
the
left margin and then lets the right edge fall off the page. I want to
center
the image. How can I do this when it's inline and wider than the
margins?
Thanks,
Colin
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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You might try a different approach instead. Word inserts a caption in
a
text
box only if the object you're captioning is wrapped (not In Line With
Text).
If the graphic is inline, Word puts the caption in an ordinary text
paragraph.
You can insert your graphic inline, add the caption (in a separate
paragraph, so that each paragraph can have its own style), then
select
both
graphic and caption together and insert a frame (using the Insert
Frame
button on the Forms toolbar or the Frame command that you add back to
the
Insert menu). The graphic and caption will then stay together, and
you
have
many of the same wrapping and positioning options you have with a
text
box
or wrapped object. You can't put a frame in front of or behind text,
but
usually you won't be wanting to do this for a figure or table,
anyway.
Whenever possible, just leave the graphics inline (this is especially
appropriate for Tables, which can be broken across pages). Format
your
graphic paragraph style as "Keep with next" (assuming the caption is
below
it), and the graphic and caption will stay together (if the caption
is
above
the table/figure, then set the caption style as "Keep with next").
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"Colin Higbie" wrote in message
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I understand that the default way Word inserts captions and
references
makes
them unsearchable, unable to be autoreferenced (in a TOC or index),
and
inaccessible to the Update Field command (a real pain if the numbers
end
up
off for any reason). I'm using Word 2003 with all the latest patches
on
Windows XP w/SP2.
I have been converting all my caption text boxes to frames, as
recommended.
It does seem to address these problems. I hope this is the right
thing
to
do?
My main question: Assuming that's correct (that I should be using
frames
for
captions instead of the default text boxes), is there any way to get
Word
to
insert Captions automatically in frames instead of text boxes?
I have dozens of figures and tables and still need to insert dozens
more.
I
number each like: Table CH#-TBL# (e.g. Table 10-3, would be the
third
table
in Chapter 10). The document so far is about 150 pages. I really
don't
want
to have to insert every caption manually, then re-select the text
box,
go
into the properties, and convert it to a frame. There must be an
easier
way... right?
Related question: regardless of how a I get my captions to be
frames,
should
I then put the associated graphic (all the figures and tables are
actually
graphics) inside the frame with the caption, or can I just leave
that
loose
as a pasted picture, each anchored to a nearby paragraph? If it
makes
any
difference, the vast majority of these graphics are paste-linked to
another
file so they can be edited easily.
Some of the graphics I want to appear at specific places on the page
(it
seems to work well for those to specify a position relative to the
page),
but most I want to flow with the text (these seem to be more
troublesome).
Any advice here would be very helpful. I'm quite frustrated with
Word
bouncing my graphics to the edges of the page or other pages,
breaking
widow-orphan settings, etc.
Thanks,
Colin