When I insert a cross-reference to a figure in a Word 2003 document, the
entire figure is inserted, not just the cross reference. I am choosing
Insert | Reference | Cross Reference, with reference type = "Figure", Insert
reference to = "Only label and number" and all check boxes cleared (I don't
want it to be a hyperlink as that will cause problems with subsequent
document issue). How do I get just the label and number to be inserted?

is the figure and its caption separate paragraphs? Having different
styles...say, "Figure" and "Caption".
Or they are a single paragraph with style "Caption"?

digitig wrote
When I insert a cross-reference to a figure in a Word 2003 document, the
entire figure is inserted, not just the cross reference. I am choosing
Insert | Reference | Cross Reference, with reference type = "Figure",
Insert
reference to = "Only label and number" and all check boxes cleared (I
don't
want it to be a hyperlink as that will cause problems with subsequent
document issue). How do I get just the label and number to be inserted?

Alternatively, if you have inserted the figure (chronologically) after
inserting the caption, you may well have gotten it inside the caption label
bookmark.

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"Andra" andraatlatnetdotlv wrote in message
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is the figure and its caption separate paragraphs? Having different
styles...say, "Figure" and "Caption".
Or they are a single paragraph with style "Caption"?

digitig wrote
When I insert a cross-reference to a figure in a Word 2003 document, the
entire figure is inserted, not just the cross reference. I am choosing
Insert | Reference | Cross Reference, with reference type = "Figure",
Insert
reference to = "Only label and number" and all check boxes cleared (I
don't
want it to be a hyperlink as that will cause problems with subsequent
document issue). How do I get just the label and number to be inserted?

[Steve Waring]

Originally Posted by digitig

When I insert a cross-reference to a figure in a Word 2003 document, the
entire figure is inserted, not just the cross reference. I am choosing
Insert | Reference | Cross Reference, with reference type = "Figure", Insert
reference to = "Only label and number" and all check boxes cleared (I don't
want it to be a hyperlink as that will cause problems with subsequent
document issue). How do I get just the label and number to be inserted?

I have hit the same problem and have given up trying to get captions to work and now just make the captions using bookmarks.

[andyroberts1234]

Originally Posted by Steve Waring

I have hit the same problem and have given up trying to get captions to work and now just make the captions using bookmarks.

I have just come across the same problem. I have been writing a thesis with many cross-references. The problem seemed to start when I cut and pasted a figure and caption into a different section of the document. The style of the figure was 'Caption' as suggested as a possible reason for it's insertion (all my other figures are 'Normal'. However changing the style back to normal and then cross-referencing again results in the same issue.

The issue is resolved if the old caption is deleted and a new one created. (Right click on image and choose caption)

Has anyone got any suggestions to stop this happening in the first place?

Thanks

Andy