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captions with chapter headings - resets with each section break
Hi can someone help me with this problem,
I am using Word 2000, and trying to insert figure and table captions with chapter numbers. In each document I am using a single chapter number assigned to Heading 9. I can get the chapter number to insert correctly for each caption, but the sequencing is not working. Every time I have a next page section break, the sequencing resets to 1. ie I have caption 2.1, 2.2, section break next page, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and so on. |
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captions with chapter headings - resets with each sectionbreak
Hi Clai
I don't understand why you would use Heading 9 for the beginning of Chapter. The mechanism should work without any input on your part of you use Heading 1 or Heading 2 for the Chapter number. Heading 1 through 9 are a structured "series" of nine levels from 1 to 9. Whichever style you use, you have to announce the fact to Word when you use InsertCaption and select which style you are using to start each chapter. You need to define the numbering to restart on higher level style. If you choose the sample that says "Chapter 1, Heading 2, heading 3" etc, it's predefined to work correctly. If you don't want to use that sample you need to proceed as described by Shauna: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html The style used for the caption should be "Caption" style. The section breaks you are inserting have a paragraph style: so they act as if they were paragraphs. If they have a higher-level style than the one you are using for chapters, then the number will reset. So any of Headings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 will reset your Chapter numbers. Which is why I wouldn't use Heading 9 for the Chapter Starts. Cheers On 4/2/07 4:10 PM, in article , "claire_sellens" wrote: Hi can someone help me with this problem, I am using Word 2000, and trying to insert figure and table captions with chapter numbers. In each document I am using a single chapter number assigned to Heading 9. I can get the chapter number to insert correctly for each caption, but the sequencing is not working. Every time I have a next page section break, the sequencing resets to 1. ie I have caption 2.1, 2.2, section break next page, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and so on. -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant Technical Writer. Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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captions with chapter headings - resets with each section break
Are you using Headings 1--8 before applying a Heading 9? If not, that
could explain the problems you are seeing. The reason is that Word requires that you apply headings so that the hierarchy is preserved. In other words, if you apply Heading 9, Headings 1--8 is assumed to present. This, obviously, affects the heading numbering, but it also (indirectly) affects Word captions, inserted via the Caption dialog box. If you are trying to create a separate set of captions for an appendix, see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ppendixes.html. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "claire_sellens" wrote in message ... Hi can someone help me with this problem, I am using Word 2000, and trying to insert figure and table captions with chapter numbers. In each document I am using a single chapter number assigned to Heading 9. I can get the chapter number to insert correctly for each caption, but the sequencing is not working. Every time I have a next page section break, the sequencing resets to 1. ie I have caption 2.1, 2.2, section break next page, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and so on. |
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captions with chapter headings - resets with each section brea
Hi John I switched back to using heading 1 style and it now works fine. It wasn't clear in the wod help section that you needed to use the higher level headings. The shaunakelly notes were really helpful. Thankyou "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote: Hi Clai I don't understand why you would use Heading 9 for the beginning of Chapter. The mechanism should work without any input on your part of you use Heading 1 or Heading 2 for the Chapter number. Heading 1 through 9 are a structured "series" of nine levels from 1 to 9. Whichever style you use, you have to announce the fact to Word when you use InsertCaption and select which style you are using to start each chapter. You need to define the numbering to restart on higher level style. If you choose the sample that says "Chapter 1, Heading 2, heading 3" etc, it's predefined to work correctly. If you don't want to use that sample you need to proceed as described by Shauna: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html The style used for the caption should be "Caption" style. The section breaks you are inserting have a paragraph style: so they act as if they were paragraphs. If they have a higher-level style than the one you are using for chapters, then the number will reset. So any of Headings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 will reset your Chapter numbers. Which is why I wouldn't use Heading 9 for the Chapter Starts. Cheers On 4/2/07 4:10 PM, in article , "claire_sellens" wrote: Hi can someone help me with this problem, I am using Word 2000, and trying to insert figure and table captions with chapter numbers. In each document I am using a single chapter number assigned to Heading 9. I can get the chapter number to insert correctly for each caption, but the sequencing is not working. Every time I have a next page section break, the sequencing resets to 1. ie I have caption 2.1, 2.2, section break next page, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and so on. -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant Technical Writer. Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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