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Problems with insert caption

Anonymous
2021-04-29T12:47:53+00:00

Hi,

always when i try to insert caption to figure in a document, and I have more than 1 image in the same line, the word give the same number to diferent image and update automatically the first image with the number of second image.

The problem is shown in the link below

Problem with insert caption word https://youtu.be/Z07nt6x3T54

Please help me

Thank you

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Stefan Blom 342.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2021-04-29T13:59:48+00:00

The problem occurs because the captions are in text boxes. You will have to make sure that the text boxes are anchored to different paragraphs for the numbering to be correct.

Captions that you add to wrapped objects will be put inside text boxes. The screen shot below illustrates how the relative positions of the text box anchors decide how Word calculates the caption number.

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Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2021-05-04T09:58:06+00:00

In addition to the possibilty that Stefan mentioned, if the images are inserted in the document with the layout set to other than in-line with text, as a result of which each one is anchored to a location in the document, the numbering of the captions will follow the sequence of the location of the anchors in the document.

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  1. Stefan Blom 342.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-05-04T10:25:50+00:00

    Doug, that is precisely the situation my screen shot is intended to illustrate. :-)

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-05-04T08:30:11+00:00

    Hi TOficial,

    Have you seen Stefan’s reply? If you have any updates, please feel free and come back to share with us.

    Regards,

    George

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