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Mac Forum / Applications / Word / September 2006Caption Numbers Not Incrementing
I am inserting captions into a large (150 page) document. After inserting the first two captions, the "counter" stops incrementing and labels all the captions as "1" (one). Does anyone know how I can fix this problem? Have you tried manually updating the caption fields? They can be a little testy since they are one type of field that doesn't update automatically. If that doesn't do it take a look at the following info. It may help determine why, although manual updating is a part of each solution: >Captions aren't numbered correctly >If you edited, deleted, or moved captions. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >If you grouped a caption with a floating object. >Ungroup the caption and the object and then manually update the captions.  SignatureHTH |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac > Have you tried manually updating the caption fields? They can be a little > testy since they are one type of field that doesn't update automatically. If [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >If you grouped a caption with a floating object. > >Ungroup the caption and the object and then manually update the captions. I didn't "edit, delete, or move captions." I just used the "Insert Caption" command to generate the captions. An important detail I didn't include in my original message: I am running a G5 iMac with OS X.10.7 and MS Word 2004 for Mac, version 11.2. I tried your suggestion several times by manually updating one or two of the captions by selecting it, then doing a "control-click," which gave me the shortcut menu. I selected "Update Field," but the caption number remained at "1" (one). I am also using a page numbering scheme that causes the page numbers to be A-1, A-2, A-3, etc., since I am editing an Appendix. The captions are also numbered likewise (A-1, A-2, etc.), but after A-2, all of them are numbered A-1. If you have any further suggestions, I would be eternally grateful. Frank Gesinski Hi Frank: A Caption is just a "SEQ" field with a label of "Caption". Reveal the field codes and make sure that the ones that are not numbering correctly have the correct label "Caption" and do NOT have the \s switch. For more see "Field codes: SEQ (Sequence) field" in the Word help. Cheers On 28/9/06 10:24 AM, in article Frank.Gesinski-FAD688.19243827092006@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com, "Frank Gesinski" <Frank.Gesinski@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> Have you tried manually updating the caption fields? They can be a little >> testy since they are one type of field that doesn't update automatically. If [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Frank Gesinski SignaturePlease reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie <john@mcghie.name> Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant Technical Writer. Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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