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Missing Caption Number
Did you ever take a look at the field codes?
Another thought: Are you tracking changes perhaps? In that case, numbering (auto numbering as well as field numbering) may be incorrect until you accept, or reject, changes. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP On 2012-05-29 13:06 (GMT+1), Himmelswüst wrote: Lisa Wilke-Thissen;492513 Wrote: Hi, [Word 2003]- However, in one place, the caption numbers are not in sequence, and number 10 is followed by 12 instead of 11. Resetting caption numbers did not work.- are the captions placed within text boxes? Maybe, the text boxes are anchored in a wrong order. -- Cheers Lisa [MS MVP Word] Thank you for your help! I still haven't been able to figure out the problem, though. And yes, the captions are within text boxes -- the ones that are automatically created when you insert captions. However, the caption with the wrong number is also in a box for inserting a drawing as I was unable to otherwise position it in the place where it is supposed to be. The numbering problem already existed prior to that, however, and I had checked the anchors at the time. By the way, graphics number 10 is on the previous page. Strictly speaking the numbers are in the right order, it's just that one number is missing, as the first graphics on the next page is numbered 12 (the one in the box for inserting drawings). The following graphics is then numbered correcty (13). Do you have any further ideas what might cause the problem? |
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And no, I'm not tracking changes. My suspicion is that a field is somehow hidden somewhere -- but looking at the field codes didn't help me find it, nor did I manage to find it by using "go to" and trying to search for the field code in question. The whole thing remains a big mystery to me. |
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Missing Caption Number
There is a switch available to hide SEQ fields, but that can't be it,
because you would have seen it when displaying field codes. If you display hidden text in Word, does that reveal something then? Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP On 2012-05-30 12:53, Himmelswüst wrote: 'Stefan Blom[_3_ Wrote: ;492529']Did you ever take a look at the field codes? Another thought: Are you tracking changes perhaps? In that case, numbering (auto numbering as well as field numbering) may be incorrect until you accept, or reject, changes. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP The field codes appeared to be okay. All of them are supposed to look the same, aren't they? In any case, I haven't been able to find any inconsistencies. And no, I'm not tracking changes. My suspicion is that a field is somehow hidden somewhere -- but looking at the field codes didn't help me find it, nor did I manage to find it by using "go to" and trying to search for the field code in question. The whole thing remains a big mystery to me. [/i][/color] |
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I've just realized that pressing alt+F9 does not permanently change my TOC. So I've once again pressed alt+F9 and then clicked on *one of* the fields and then chose "update fields". Again, this did not work. Or does the update fields command work in some other unfathomable way  ...?It's a tiresome process. Luckily, I'm not under any huge time pressure ...! |
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Missing Caption Number
This is a bit of a mystery. :-( If possible, I'd be interested in
taking a look at the file. Your observation is correct: Alt+F9 doesn't change anything; it just displays the underlying field codes for all fields (tables of contents, tables of figures, cross-references, hyperlinks, etc.) -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP On 2012-05-31 14:43 (GMT+1), Himmelswüst wrote: 'Stefan Blom[_3_ Wrote: ;492536']There is a switch available to hide SEQ fields, but that can't be it, because you would have seen it when displaying field codes. If you display hidden text in Word, does that reveal something then? Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP No, unfortunately switching on the display hidden text box in the Options dialog box does not display the missing caption either. I've just realized that pressing alt+F9 does not permanently change my TOC. So I've once again pressed alt+F9 and then clicked on *one of* the fields and then chose "update fields". Again, this did not work. Or does the update fields command work in some other unfathomable way ...?It's a tiresome process. Luckily, I'm not under any huge time pressure ..! [/i][/color] |
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Strangely, trying to update the TOC again today resulted in changed formatting once more -- and now I am dependent on getting it updated somehow now that there is an error message for one of the headings. |
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Missing Caption Number
OK. F9 is the command to update the fields in the selection.
As I wrote in a previous reply, when you update the TOC field, any manual changes applied to it will be lost. The fix is to remove any direct formatting applied to headings (modify the heading styles instead); then the formatting of TOC entries will be determined by the TOC 1, TOC 2, etc. styles. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP On 2012-06-01 13:41 (GMT+1), Himmelswüst wrote: 'Stefan Blom[_3_ Wrote: ;492545']This is a bit of a mystery. :-( If possible, I'd be interested in taking a look at the file. Your observation is correct: Alt+F9 doesn't change anything; it just displays the underlying field codes for all fields (tables of contents, tables of figures, cross-references, hyperlinks, etc.) -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP To correct what I've just posted: Alt+F9 does not change anything, but just F9 does, and in some of my posts I might have confused the two. In any case, the F9 command always reformats my TOC (the type changes to Times Roman and some levels disappear entirely) so that using it requires undoing the updating immediately. [/i][/color] |
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