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Re: Making Figure numbers reflect chapter number in Word97
Subject:Re: Making Figure numbers reflect chapter number in Word97 From:Mary McWilliams Johnson <mary -at- SUPERCONNECT -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 18 Jul 1999 17:05:17 -0500
Sorry, that doesn't work either. But thanks for your response.
Mary
At 01:47 PM 7/18/99 -0400, Bonnie Granat wrote:
>Are you selecting the figure itself and the caption? You need to,
>apparently, according to Word's help.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mary McWilliams Johnson <mary -at- SUPERCONNECT -dot- COM>
>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
>Date: Sunday, July 18, 1999 1:31 PM
>Subject: Re: Making Figure numbers reflect chapter number in Word97
>
>
>>I'm having a problem that seems to be baffling the Help Desk. I've had
>>three Help Desk agents (at Software Spectrum) working on this for three
>>days, with no success.
>>
>>I'm using Word97. I'm numbering my paragraphs, using the outline numbering
>>scheme. I've set up the numbering using "Format > Style," and I've also
>>tried just using "Format > Bullets and Numbering." In any event, here's my
>>numbering scheme:
>>
>>7 - Heading 1
>>7.1 - Heading 2
>>7.1.1 - Heading 3
>>7.1.1.1 - Heading 4
>>
>>I insert the caption like this:
>>- Select Insert > Caption
>>- Select either "Figure" or "Table"
>>- Click the "Numbering" button
>>- Select "1,2,3" for "Format"
>>- Check "Include chapter numbering"
>>- Select "Heading 1" for "Chapter starts with style"
>>- Select "hypen" for "Use separator"
>>- Click "OK"
>>
>>Now, I know this is supposed to result in something like:
>> Figure 7-1
>>But what I get is usually:
>> Figure 0-1
>>
>>Not always. Sometimes it actually works. I've created several chapters for
>>this book. Two of the chapters insert the caption numbers correctly. The
>>others don't.
>>
>>Please help. What could produce different results when I've created the
>>chapters in the same manner?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Cordially, Mary McWilliams Johnson
>> McJohnson Communications
>> Documentation / Web Site Design, Development and Graphics
>> http://www.superconnect.com
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