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SamtheEngineer
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Jan 25, 2022

Caption Auto-Numbering Question

In Word, you can set captions(Figures, Tables, and Equations) to be auto-numbered based on existing captions so that if you already have figure 1 on the page, adding a second figure after makes it th...
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    Stefan_Blom
    Jan 25, 2022

    SamtheEngineer 

     

    In the Caption dialog box (References tab > Insert Caption), click the Numbering button to access the Caption Numbering dialog box. Select "Include chapter number" and choose a heading style, such as Heading 1. 

     

    The requirement is that you are making use of the selected heading style in the document and that the headings have auto-numbering applied to them (see https://shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numbering20072010.html).

     

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Stefan_Blom
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Jan 25, 2022

SamtheEngineer 

 

In the Caption dialog box (References tab > Insert Caption), click the Numbering button to access the Caption Numbering dialog box. Select "Include chapter number" and choose a heading style, such as Heading 1. 

 

The requirement is that you are making use of the selected heading style in the document and that the headings have auto-numbering applied to them (see https://shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numbering20072010.html).

 

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