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Frames, Styles and figures
I've created a long document with lots of captioned figures. As the figures were floating, so were all the cpations(in textboxes). So that meant that cross-referencing, table of figures etc. didn't work properly. So I converted the textboxes to frames. In order to keep the figures with the captions I cut and pasted the figures into the frames. Fine, all worked well. Except that whenever I cross-referenced a figure I got an image of the figure. Huh? This was because the figure, now in-line, was in the Style 'caption'. So I changed the style of the figure to normal ... and ... the figure jumpped out of the frames and into the main body of text. Arrrgggghhhh ..... Its enough to make you want to use LaTeX. Can anybody help? Cheers, Ian --- -- Sudders |
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You have to insert the figure (and I would advocate using a style
specifically defined for it) and then the caption (in the Caption style) and then insert the frame around both. If you want the frame to be part of the style, you could try making both the Caption and the Figure style framed, being careful to set all the frame properties identically, but I'm not sure this would work (I think you'd end up with two frames). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Sudders" wrote in message ... I've created a long document with lots of captioned figures. As the figures were floating, so were all the cpations(in textboxes). So that meant that cross-referencing, table of figures etc. didn't work properly. So I converted the textboxes to frames. In order to keep the figures with the captions I cut and pasted the figures into the frames. Fine, all worked well. Except that whenever I cross-referenced a figure I got an image of the figure. Huh? This was because the figure, now in-line, was in the Style 'caption'. So I changed the style of the figure to normal ... and ... the figure jumpped out of the frames and into the main body of text. Arrrgggghhhh ..... Its enough to make you want to use LaTeX. Can anybody help? Cheers, Ian --- -- Sudders |
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Okay, so i've got the figures into frames with the captions and in normal style... * I still get copies of the figure in every place that I've cross referenced them. * If I go through and delete the cross references and re-insert, I all works fine .. not copy of the image. * If I Ctrl-A F9 to update all the fields, two things happen; 1) I get all my copies of the figures back with the cross references 2) All the figures jump out of their frames again. I want to cry... Sudders;2311639 Wrote: I've created a long document with lots of captioned figures. As the figures were floating, so were all the cpations(in textboxes). So that meant that cross-referencing, table of figures etc. didn't work properly. So I converted the textboxes to frames. In order to keep the figures with the captions I cut and pasted the figures into the frames. Fine, all worked well. Except that whenever I cross-referenced a figure I got an image of the figure. Huh? This was because the figure, now in-line, was in the Style 'caption'. So I changed the style of the figure to normal ... and ... the figure jumpped out of the frames and into the main body of text. Arrrgggghhhh ..... Its enough to make you want to use LaTeX. Can anybody help? Cheers, Ian --- -- Sudders |
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Thanks Susan, I'd sorta already worked out it was going to involve re-inserting my figures and redoing the captions and then framing the lots ... This is going to take a long time - I have 17 figures, and each one is referenced about 10 times ... When I delete the caption and insert a new one, all the references to it change to Error! ... Fun, fun, fun. Sudders;2311782 Wrote: Okay, so i've got the figures into frames with the captions and in normal style... * I still get copies of the figure in every place that I've cross referenced them. * If I go through and delete the cross references and re-insert, I all works fine .. not copy of the image. * If I Ctrl-A F9 to update all the fields, two things happen; 1) I get all my copies of the figures back with the cross references 2) All the figures jump out of their frames again. I want to cry... -- Sudders |
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If you want the frame to be part of the
style, you could try making both the Caption and the Figure style framed, being careful to set all the frame properties identically, but I'm not sure this would work (I think you'd end up with two frames). I believe this works if one style is based on the other, so that the frame formatting is "shared." -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... You have to insert the figure (and I would advocate using a style specifically defined for it) and then the caption (in the Caption style) and then insert the frame around both. If you want the frame to be part of the style, you could try making both the Caption and the Figure style framed, being careful to set all the frame properties identically, but I'm not sure this would work (I think you'd end up with two frames). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Sudders" wrote in message ... I've created a long document with lots of captioned figures. As the figures were floating, so were all the cpations(in textboxes). So that meant that cross-referencing, table of figures etc. didn't work properly. So I converted the textboxes to frames. In order to keep the figures with the captions I cut and pasted the figures into the frames. Fine, all worked well. Except that whenever I cross-referenced a figure I got an image of the figure. Huh? This was because the figure, now in-line, was in the Style 'caption'. So I changed the style of the figure to normal ... and ... the figure jumpped out of the frames and into the main body of text. Arrrgggghhhh ..... Its enough to make you want to use LaTeX. Can anybody help? Cheers, Ian --- -- Sudders |
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Thanks for the extra tip, Stefan.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... If you want the frame to be part of the style, you could try making both the Caption and the Figure style framed, being careful to set all the frame properties identically, but I'm not sure this would work (I think you'd end up with two frames). I believe this works if one style is based on the other, so that the frame formatting is "shared." -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... You have to insert the figure (and I would advocate using a style specifically defined for it) and then the caption (in the Caption style) and then insert the frame around both. If you want the frame to be part of the style, you could try making both the Caption and the Figure style framed, being careful to set all the frame properties identically, but I'm not sure this would work (I think you'd end up with two frames). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Sudders" wrote in message ... I've created a long document with lots of captioned figures. As the figures were floating, so were all the cpations(in textboxes). So that meant that cross-referencing, table of figures etc. didn't work properly. So I converted the textboxes to frames. In order to keep the figures with the captions I cut and pasted the figures into the frames. Fine, all worked well. Except that whenever I cross-referenced a figure I got an image of the figure. Huh? This was because the figure, now in-line, was in the Style 'caption'. So I changed the style of the figure to normal ... and ... the figure jumpped out of the frames and into the main body of text. Arrrgggghhhh ..... Its enough to make you want to use LaTeX. Can anybody help? Cheers, Ian --- -- Sudders |
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Make sure that each inline object and its caption is in a separate
paragraph. Otherwise, the object might very well be included in a cross-reference. Another thing to consider: When you add cross-references, Word encloses the referenced item with a hidden bookmark. If you press Enter at the beginning of a bookmarked item to insert a new paragraph, you are in fact adding the paragraph inside the hidden bookmark, which would cause trouble with cross-references. Instead, carefully add paragraphs by pressing Enter at the end of the previous paragraph. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Sudders" wrote in message ... Okay, so i've got the figures into frames with the captions and in normal style... * I still get copies of the figure in every place that I've cross referenced them. * If I go through and delete the cross references and re-insert, I all works fine .. not copy of the image. * If I Ctrl-A F9 to update all the fields, two things happen; 1) I get all my copies of the figures back with the cross references 2) All the figures jump out of their frames again. I want to cry... Sudders;2311639 Wrote: I've created a long document with lots of captioned figures. As the figures were floating, so were all the cpations(in textboxes). So that meant that cross-referencing, table of figures etc. didn't work properly. So I converted the textboxes to frames. In order to keep the figures with the captions I cut and pasted the figures into the frames. Fine, all worked well. Except that whenever I cross-referenced a figure I got an image of the figure. Huh? This was because the figure, now in-line, was in the Style 'caption'. So I changed the style of the figure to normal ... and ... the figure jumpped out of the frames and into the main body of text. Arrrgggghhhh ..... Its enough to make you want to use LaTeX. Can anybody help? Cheers, Ian --- -- Sudders |
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