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Hello,

In my Word document I have a number of pictures (screenshots). Each
screenshot has a caption (i.e. Figure X: ....) In the document I refer to
the Figures by number from within the document's content.

Is there a way, short of creating a bookmark for each of my Figure
caption's, to "link" to a Figure? For example, when I insert a "Table of
Figures" to my document, it can locate all the Figures I have applied
captions to. I can click on any one of these and be taken directly to that
spot in the document. Is there a way to do mimic this functionality using
the "Insert Hyperlink..." functionality? ...Or some other way?

Sorry if this is the wrong newsgroup for this, but it looked like the best
one for my problem...

TIA!

-Brian

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Use the Insert Reference Cross-reference command and select Figure in
the reference type dropdown, then select the particular figure to refer to.
The "Insert as hyperlink" option should already be selected, so the
reference will be a hyperlink.

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Brian wrote:
Hello,

In my Word document I have a number of pictures (screenshots). Each
screenshot has a caption (i.e. Figure X: ....) In the document I
refer to the Figures by number from within the document's content.

Is there a way, short of creating a bookmark for each of my Figure
caption's, to "link" to a Figure? For example, when I insert a
"Table of Figures" to my document, it can locate all the Figures I
have applied captions to. I can click on any one of these and be
taken directly to that spot in the document. Is there a way to do
mimic this functionality using the "Insert Hyperlink..."
functionality? ...Or some other way?
Sorry if this is the wrong newsgroup for this, but it looked like the
best one for my problem...

TIA!

-Brian



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Hi Brian,

Yes, you can definitely create hyperlinks to your figures in Word. Here's how:
  1. First, make sure that each of your figures has a caption applied to it. You can do this by right-clicking on the image, selecting "Insert Caption," and then typing in the caption text.
  2. Next, place your cursor where you want to insert the hyperlink in your document.
  3. Go to the "Insert" tab in the ribbon and click on "Hyperlink."
  4. In the "Insert Hyperlink" dialog box, select "Place in This Document" on the left-hand side.
  5. In the "Select a place in this document" section on the right-hand side, you should see a list of all the headings and captions in your document. Find the caption for the figure you want to link to and select it.
  6. Click "OK" to insert the hyperlink.

Now, when you click on the hyperlink, it will take you directly to the figure in your document.
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