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Subject:Re: Numbers instead of Callouts on Screen Prints From:"Comeau, Lisa" <Lisa -dot- Comeau -at- MOH -dot- GOV -dot- ON -dot- CA> Date:Wed, 23 Jun 1999 10:32:34 -0400
Cirrus Matusek asks
Does anyone know of a particular software that would be good for creating
screen prints with number buttons on it directing readers to associated
text? OR -- does anyone know of a way to do this in Word?
Although I am a bit confused as to the question, what about using captions
in Word?
Here is a clip of the Help file on adding captions to existing items in Word
97:
Add a caption to an existing table, figure, equation, or other item
1 Select the item you want to add a caption to.
2 On the Insert menu, click Caption.
3 Select the options you want.
Note Captions are inserted as fields. If you see an entry that looks
something like {SEQ Table \* ARABIC} instead of text, the field codes are
being displayed instead of field results. To see the field results,
right-click the field code, and then click Toggle Field Codes on the
shortcut menu
It's not a button, but it does the trick for adding text to pictures, etc.
Lisa Comeau
Accounts Representative, Client Services Group
Y2K/Exchange Project, Ontario Ministry of Health
Office: (416) 327 1112
Pager: (416) 715 9198
mailto: Lisa -dot- Comeau -at- moh -dot- gov -dot- on -dot- ca
