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Caption Numbering in a long document
I posted this last week but didn't get any response. I am reposting just in
case the reason was that it looked like I may have answered my own question - which I didn't. I am using MS Word 2003 in a Windows XP Pro environment. I am working on a document with many (100+) figures with captions that are located in various chapters, sections and subsections. I don't have a problem numbering the caption automatically with the appropriate heading level but when I adjust the caption heading level in the caption dialog box (e.g. from H3 to H4) all of my previously created H3 headings are changed to H4 level headings. In shorter documents I have simply gone back and adjusted the \s 4 to \s 3 (or as appropriate) after completing the document but that is getting rather tedious with the large number of figures that I am adding. Is there an easy way to turn off the automatic updating of my previous caption levels. I have already toggled the auto updating of fields off as I want to control all updates. Do I need to set a caption style for each level desired? And will this solve the problem without introducing other problems when I build my list of figures? Joe |
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Caption Numbering in a long document
When you select "Include chapter number" in the Caption Numbering dialog
box, your choice applies to *all* captions using that particular label; there is no way around that. What you can do is what you are already doing: adjust the field code manually. Alternatively, create a separate caption label as needed (but that may be a time-consuming task). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Joseph Talbott" wrote in message ... I posted this last week but didn't get any response. I am reposting just in case the reason was that it looked like I may have answered my own question - which I didn't. I am using MS Word 2003 in a Windows XP Pro environment. I am working on a document with many (100+) figures with captions that are located in various chapters, sections and subsections. I don't have a problem numbering the caption automatically with the appropriate heading level but when I adjust the caption heading level in the caption dialog box (e.g. from H3 to H4) all of my previously created H3 headings are changed to H4 level headings. In shorter documents I have simply gone back and adjusted the \s 4 to \s 3 (or as appropriate) after completing the document but that is getting rather tedious with the large number of figures that I am adding. Is there an easy way to turn off the automatic updating of my previous caption levels. I have already toggled the auto updating of fields off as I want to control all updates. Do I need to set a caption style for each level desired? And will this solve the problem without introducing other problems when I build my list of figures? Joe |
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Caption Numbering in a long document
When you select "Include chapter number" in the Caption Numbering dialog
box, your choice applies to *all* captions using that particular label; there is no way around that. What you can do is what you are already doing: adjust the field code manually. Alternatively, create a separate caption label as needed (but that may be a time-consuming task). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Joseph Talbott" wrote in message ... I posted this last week but didn't get any response. I am reposting just in case the reason was that it looked like I may have answered my own question - which I didn't. I am using MS Word 2003 in a Windows XP Pro environment. I am working on a document with many (100+) figures with captions that are located in various chapters, sections and subsections. I don't have a problem numbering the caption automatically with the appropriate heading level but when I adjust the caption heading level in the caption dialog box (e.g. from H3 to H4) all of my previously created H3 headings are changed to H4 level headings. In shorter documents I have simply gone back and adjusted the \s 4 to \s 3 (or as appropriate) after completing the document but that is getting rather tedious with the large number of figures that I am adding. Is there an easy way to turn off the automatic updating of my previous caption levels. I have already toggled the auto updating of fields off as I want to control all updates. Do I need to set a caption style for each level desired? And will this solve the problem without introducing other problems when I build my list of figures? Joe |
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Caption Numbering in a long document
I was afraid of that. I will try the "create a separate caption label" option
and see if that buys me any time. So far I have simply inserted all of the tables, added the captions - using the heading level that is dominant in the document - and then gone back and reset the captions the needed a connection to a different leve. It's not elegant and it falls apart during an update but it works. Thanks, Joe "Stefan Blom" wrote: When you select "Include chapter number" in the Caption Numbering dialog box, your choice applies to *all* captions using that particular label; there is no way around that. What you can do is what you are already doing: adjust the field code manually. Alternatively, create a separate caption label as needed (but that may be a time-consuming task). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Joseph Talbott" wrote in message ... I posted this last week but didn't get any response. I am reposting just in case the reason was that it looked like I may have answered my own question - which I didn't. I am using MS Word 2003 in a Windows XP Pro environment. I am working on a document with many (100+) figures with captions that are located in various chapters, sections and subsections. I don't have a problem numbering the caption automatically with the appropriate heading level but when I adjust the caption heading level in the caption dialog box (e.g. from H3 to H4) all of my previously created H3 headings are changed to H4 level headings. In shorter documents I have simply gone back and adjusted the \s 4 to \s 3 (or as appropriate) after completing the document but that is getting rather tedious with the large number of figures that I am adding. Is there an easy way to turn off the automatic updating of my previous caption levels. I have already toggled the auto updating of fields off as I want to control all updates. Do I need to set a caption style for each level desired? And will this solve the problem without introducing other problems when I build my list of figures? Joe . |
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Caption Numbering in a long document
I was afraid of that. I will try the "create a separate caption label" option
and see if that buys me any time. So far I have simply inserted all of the tables, added the captions - using the heading level that is dominant in the document - and then gone back and reset the captions the needed a connection to a different leve. It's not elegant and it falls apart during an update but it works. Thanks, Joe "Stefan Blom" wrote: When you select "Include chapter number" in the Caption Numbering dialog box, your choice applies to *all* captions using that particular label; there is no way around that. What you can do is what you are already doing: adjust the field code manually. Alternatively, create a separate caption label as needed (but that may be a time-consuming task). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Joseph Talbott" wrote in message ... I posted this last week but didn't get any response. I am reposting just in case the reason was that it looked like I may have answered my own question - which I didn't. I am using MS Word 2003 in a Windows XP Pro environment. I am working on a document with many (100+) figures with captions that are located in various chapters, sections and subsections. I don't have a problem numbering the caption automatically with the appropriate heading level but when I adjust the caption heading level in the caption dialog box (e.g. from H3 to H4) all of my previously created H3 headings are changed to H4 level headings. In shorter documents I have simply gone back and adjusted the \s 4 to \s 3 (or as appropriate) after completing the document but that is getting rather tedious with the large number of figures that I am adding. Is there an easy way to turn off the automatic updating of my previous caption levels. I have already toggled the auto updating of fields off as I want to control all updates. Do I need to set a caption style for each level desired? And will this solve the problem without introducing other problems when I build my list of figures? Joe . |
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Caption Numbering in a long document
Thank you for the feedback.
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Joseph Talbott" wrote: I was afraid of that. I will try the "create a separate caption label" option and see if that buys me any time. So far I have simply inserted all of the tables, added the captions - using the heading level that is dominant in the document - and then gone back and reset the captions the needed a connection to a different leve. It's not elegant and it falls apart during an update but it works. Thanks, Joe "Stefan Blom" wrote: When you select "Include chapter number" in the Caption Numbering dialog box, your choice applies to *all* captions using that particular label; there is no way around that. What you can do is what you are already doing: adjust the field code manually. Alternatively, create a separate caption label as needed (but that may be a time-consuming task). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Joseph Talbott" wrote in message ... I posted this last week but didn't get any response. I am reposting just in case the reason was that it looked like I may have answered my own question - which I didn't. I am using MS Word 2003 in a Windows XP Pro environment. I am working on a document with many (100+) figures with captions that are located in various chapters, sections and subsections. I don't have a problem numbering the caption automatically with the appropriate heading level but when I adjust the caption heading level in the caption dialog box (e.g. from H3 to H4) all of my previously created H3 headings are changed to H4 level headings. In shorter documents I have simply gone back and adjusted the \s 4 to \s 3 (or as appropriate) after completing the document but that is getting rather tedious with the large number of figures that I am adding. Is there an easy way to turn off the automatic updating of my previous caption levels. I have already toggled the auto updating of fields off as I want to control all updates. Do I need to set a caption style for each level desired? And will this solve the problem without introducing other problems when I build my list of figures? Joe . |
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Caption Numbering in a long document
Thank you for the feedback.
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Joseph Talbott" wrote: I was afraid of that. I will try the "create a separate caption label" option and see if that buys me any time. So far I have simply inserted all of the tables, added the captions - using the heading level that is dominant in the document - and then gone back and reset the captions the needed a connection to a different leve. It's not elegant and it falls apart during an update but it works. Thanks, Joe "Stefan Blom" wrote: When you select "Include chapter number" in the Caption Numbering dialog box, your choice applies to *all* captions using that particular label; there is no way around that. What you can do is what you are already doing: adjust the field code manually. Alternatively, create a separate caption label as needed (but that may be a time-consuming task). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Joseph Talbott" wrote in message ... I posted this last week but didn't get any response. I am reposting just in case the reason was that it looked like I may have answered my own question - which I didn't. I am using MS Word 2003 in a Windows XP Pro environment. I am working on a document with many (100+) figures with captions that are located in various chapters, sections and subsections. I don't have a problem numbering the caption automatically with the appropriate heading level but when I adjust the caption heading level in the caption dialog box (e.g. from H3 to H4) all of my previously created H3 headings are changed to H4 level headings. In shorter documents I have simply gone back and adjusted the \s 4 to \s 3 (or as appropriate) after completing the document but that is getting rather tedious with the large number of figures that I am adding. Is there an easy way to turn off the automatic updating of my previous caption levels. I have already toggled the auto updating of fields off as I want to control all updates. Do I need to set a caption style for each level desired? And will this solve the problem without introducing other problems when I build my list of figures? Joe . |
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