( This option won’t work if you don’t have established chapters.) If you have already established chapters using Word’s headings, check Include chapter number to start with the chapter number. Select the Format menu arrow in the Caption Numbering dialog box to choose numerals, letters, or Roman numerals. Select the Numbering button to change how your figures or tables are numbered. OK button Optional Step: Change Figure or Table Numberingġ0. (For this example, I am changing Figure to Fig.) Figure 7. Enter your new label in the text box in the New Label dialog box. Select the New Label button to change the label Figure, Table, Equation, or Daily Occurrence. Optional Step: Change the Figure or Table Labelħ. These defaults will be appropriate for most situations. The default option for Table is Above selected item. The default option for Figure is Below selected item. Select the option you want from the Position drop-down menu: For example, if you have a Figure 1 and then insert a table, it will be Table 1.ĥ. Important Note: Each label type maintains its own number sequence. This option is appropriate for visuals such as graphs, charts, photos, illustrations, and maps.
That place, Word displays a 0 (zero).How to Insert Figure Captions and Table Titlesġ. If the result does not include a digit in Specifies the requisite numeric places to display in (Insert menu) or the Formula command (Table menu).Ĭombine the following picture items to build a numeric Switches if you insert a field by using the Field command Microsoft Word adds quotation marks to numeric picture In quotation marks, as shown in the following picture itemĮxamples.
Those that include text or spaces, enclose the numeric picture Working fields with my Export Fields add-in. Hopelessly lost when transcribing the above construction into actualįields, I have also copied and pasted the construction as text,īelow, which can be pasted into your document and then converted to In the data file this may be stored as a single number Take the example of the number 3456 7123 0987 7652, assembled as fourīlocks of four digits, as used for example for credit and debitĬards.
This can cause problems when serial numbersĬontain more than 14 digits and the last digits are rather important! Word's formatting switches can handle numbers up to 14 digits after Number fields (For negative numbers in calculations, see It is still possible to revert to the old way of doing things. Word is now expected to provide the formatting. Microsoft changed the way office programs are connectedįor the purposes of mail merging with Office 2002 and this change was maintained
Use macro code to update all the fields in the document. The F9 key will update the field content to reflect the changes, or you could