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Insert Caption Numbering Error
I have a long document that has 100+ illustrations all using the captions and cross references. I have been adding illustration and captions as needed and the numbering has been updating perfectly, until last week... Now when I insert a new caption, the number starts at "1" or does not have my formatting label listed in the drop-down list.
I have been able to cut&paste them from another "correct" caption, update them, and it seems to work fine - but this is annoying - how can I fix this?!?! 
Last edited by TPS : March 9th 09 at 07:51 PM |
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Insert Caption Numbering Error
Does this happen only with a particular document, or can you reproduce it in
other documents as well? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "TPS" wrote in message ... I have a long document that has 100+ illustrations all using the captions and cross references. I have been adding illustration and captions as needed and the numbering has been updating perfectly, until last week... Now when I insert a new caption, the number starts at "1" or does not have my formatting label listed in the drop-down list. I have been able to cut&paste them from another "correct" caption, update them, and it seems to work fine - but this is annoying - how can I fix this?!?! -- TPS |
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Only with one document right now, although I believe I had this happen with another similar document. I can not determine if it is template / style definition problem, document section problem, etc. I can not reproduce the problem in a clean document or any other documents that I created. Only my "inherited" documents.
[quote=Stefan Blom;401826]Does this happen only with a particular document, or can you reproduce it in other documents as well? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP |
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Insert Caption Numbering Error
Have you checked to make sure the caption label is the same? A label
difference can be as small as a case change or a space would change the numbering. To fix a field that is already inserted, show field codes and edit the label (aka SEQ identifier). To prevent accidentally getting an incorrect SEQ sequence, delete the unwanted caption label. HTH, PamC TPS wrote: Only with one document right now, although I believe I had this happe with another similar document. I can not determine if it is template style definition problem, document section problem, etc. I can no reproduce the problem in a clean document or any other documents that created. Only my "inherited" documents. Stefan Blom;401826 Wrote: Does this happen only with a particular document, or can you reproduc it in other documents as well? -- TPS -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com |
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The problem starts with the fact that my caption label does not appear in the list from "insert caption"... and if I manually enter it, the number starts at "1". Do you know why a caption label would not appear in the "insert label" dialog box? If I copy a "correct" one somewhere in the document and paste it into the "new" location, I can update the numbering and it works fine, its very strange.
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Insert Caption Numbering Error
Note that caption labels are stored in the Normal template, so they should
be available for all documents for the current user/installation of Word. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "TPS" wrote in message ... The problem starts with the fact that my caption label does not appear in the list from "insert caption"... and if I manually enter it, the number starts at "1". Do you know why a caption label would not appear in the "insert label" dialog box? If I copy a "correct" one somewhere in the document and paste it into the "new" location, I can update the numbering and it works fine, its very strange. PamC via OfficeKB.com;401964 Wrote: Have you checked to make sure the caption label is the same? A label difference can be as small as a case change or a space would change the numbering. To fix a field that is already inserted, show field codes and edit the label (aka SEQ identifier). To prevent accidentally getting an incorrect SEQ sequence, delete the unwanted caption label. HTH, PamC TPS wrote:- Only with one document right now, although I believe I had this happe with another similar document. I can not determine if it is template style definition problem, document section problem, etc. I can no reproduce the problem in a clean document or any other documents that created. Only my "inherited" documents. Stefan Blom;401826 Wrote:- Does this happen only with a particular document, or can you reproduc it in other documents as well?- -- TPS- -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com -- TPS |
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Insert Caption Numbering Error
If you are using W2003 or W2007, use open and repair on the file. (From
within Word,go to File/Office button Open; select the file name; and click the down arrow on the Open button in the lower right of the dialog.) If Word finds no errors, look for something else. For example, does the error occur after start of a new section? For what it's worth, I find it much faster to copy and paste a caption label and number (& later update the field) than it is to go through the menus to insert them, particularly when working an already prepared document where I'm just adding the labels and numbers. PamC TPS wrote: The problem starts with the fact that my caption label does not appea in the list from "insert caption"... and if I manually enter it, th number starts at "1". Do you know why a caption label would not appea in the "insert label" dialog box? If I copy a "correct" one somewher in the document and paste it into the "new" location, I can update th numbering and it works fine, its very strange. PamC via OfficeKB.com;401964 Wrote: Have you checked to make sure the caption label is the same? A label difference can be as small as a case change or a space would chang [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] -- TPS- -- TPS -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...gdocs/200903/1 |
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