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Keep captions with drawings and tables
I have drawings and tables with captions in my Word 2000 document. While
working, the captions and figures dance like Mexican jumping beans all over my document! I would like to know how to keep them together. I had difficulty using Stefan Blom's suggestion (thread started 7/5/2006) of applying the "in line with text" wrapping style to the figure, and encapsuling it in a frame together with the caption , because; 1) drawing objects cannot have the "In line with text" wrapping style--the option is grayed out; and 2) tables behave so unpredictably, and I was unable to put one in a frame without drastic changes to the cell sizing. Hoping someone has a suggestion; thanks. |
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Keep captions with drawings and tables
For objects that don't support "In line with text," you can Edit | Cut
and then Edit | Paste Special, choosing a picture format which does support "In line with text." -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "hmm" wrote in message ... I have drawings and tables with captions in my Word 2000 document. While working, the captions and figures dance like Mexican jumping beans all over my document! I would like to know how to keep them together. I had difficulty using Stefan Blom's suggestion (thread started 7/5/2006) of applying the "in line with text" wrapping style to the figure, and encapsuling it in a frame together with the caption , because; 1) drawing objects cannot have the "In line with text" wrapping style--the option is grayed out; and 2) tables behave so unpredictably, and I was unable to put one in a frame without drastic changes to the cell sizing. Hoping someone has a suggestion; thanks. |
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Keep captions with drawings and tables
Thanks for the reply. Just a couple follow-up questions:
1. I assume that pasting it as "Enhance Metafile" will allow me to edit the drawing object later. Is that correct? 2. What about tables? Is there a solution for tables? "Stefan Blom" wrote: For objects that don't support "In line with text," you can Edit | Cut and then Edit | Paste Special, choosing a picture format which does support "In line with text." -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "hmm" wrote in message ... I have drawings and tables with captions in my Word 2000 document. While working, the captions and figures dance like Mexican jumping beans all over my document! I would like to know how to keep them together. I had difficulty using Stefan Blom's suggestion (thread started 7/5/2006) of applying the "in line with text" wrapping style to the figure, and encapsuling it in a frame together with the caption , because; 1) drawing objects cannot have the "In line with text" wrapping style--the option is grayed out; and 2) tables behave so unpredictably, and I was unable to put one in a frame without drastic changes to the cell sizing. Hoping someone has a suggestion; thanks. |
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Keep captions with drawings and tables
1. Well, Word does allow you to open (some) pictures for editing, but
I'm not sure how useful it is. If you are using autoshapes, deleting them, re-inserting, editing, and converting them to a picture format again would probably be the easiest way. Of course, the best solution would be to use an application that was designed to edit pictures, and then insert the pictures in Word after editing is complete. 2. For tables, it should be more straightforward. You can set "Text wrapping" to "None" (in Table | Table Properties). If you need text to wrap around the table, just select it and its caption and then add a frame (via the Insert Frame button on the Forms toolbar). If you don't need to wrap text, don't insert a frame; instead, use "Keep with next" formatting (in Format | Paragraph): If the caption precedes the table, use "Keep with next" for the caption. If the caption follows the table, specify "Keep with next" for the last table row. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "hmm" wrote in message ... Thanks for the reply. Just a couple follow-up questions: 1. I assume that pasting it as "Enhance Metafile" will allow me to edit the drawing object later. Is that correct? 2. What about tables? Is there a solution for tables? "Stefan Blom" wrote: For objects that don't support "In line with text," you can Edit | Cut and then Edit | Paste Special, choosing a picture format which does support "In line with text." -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "hmm" wrote in message ... I have drawings and tables with captions in my Word 2000 document. While working, the captions and figures dance like Mexican jumping beans all over my document! I would like to know how to keep them together. I had difficulty using Stefan Blom's suggestion (thread started 7/5/2006) of applying the "in line with text" wrapping style to the figure, and encapsuling it in a frame together with the caption , because; 1) drawing objects cannot have the "In line with text" wrapping style--the option is grayed out; and 2) tables behave so unpredictably, and I was unable to put one in a frame without drastic changes to the cell sizing. Hoping someone has a suggestion; thanks. |
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