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Word 2010 caption has no number

I am trying to place a Table caption above a table in Word 2010. It shows correctly in the insert caption box, but when it appears on the screen there is no number and no hyperlink colour. The word ...
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Microsoft Word 2013 - Hyperlink issues with figure captions inside text boxes

In my document I created a list of figures. When I add captions to the figures, some of them are "captioned" with plain text and in some images (mostly those that are through text) the ...
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How to correct figure numbering in a Word 2010 document

[Using MS Office Pro Plus 2010, version 14.1.7128.5000] This problem is similar to that in MS Word figure numbers are wrong and Control numbering of captions in Microsoft Word, but the solutions there ...
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MS Word - How to make different caption style for the table captions in Appendix and main body?

I am trying to create a document where I have different headings and captions for the main body and the appendices. I have created the headings, where I have Chapter 1 and Appendix A (I did this ...
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Word caption style -- different style for label and number?

This should be a common problem for anyone involved in technical writing. When you insert an image (or table etc.) caption in Word, you get this dialog. You enter your caption, in this case "A happy ...
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Clicking the cross-reference sends me to the wrong place (below the caption instead of above), how to fix this?

The setting for the position of figures' caption is "Below selected item", so Word knows that the figure is above the caption. However when I click on the cross reference I am sent in the ...
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How to make caption text style different from the caption label and numbering?

I want my image caption to look like this: I make the caption's style to align center, font size 10, font TNR, and Bold. I want the caption text to have the same style but without the Bold. I have to ...
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How do I find and remove invisible/hidden caption in Word

I noticed that my auto-numbering for Figure captions skips one. When I create a table of figures, it mentions the missing one. I ctrl click on it to go there, but I don't see where the caption could ...
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Caption text field non editable in specific word document

I didn't find a community which seemed more suited to present this problem to. I am using MS Word 2016 on Windows 10. I've been writing a document for a while now, but today, out of the blue, when I ...
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MS Word 2016 Figure caption numbering - want to be able to be to have decimal ie Figure 7.2

I'm trying to create custom image caption numbers for figures in a report in MS Word 2016 professional. I would like to be able to have "Figure 6. description of image" and then "Figure ...
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Word 365 Image Captions

I have a single column Word 365 document, into which I would like to insert a number of full-column (or very nearly so) figures with captions, under the following constraints: Figures should be with ...
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Add hyperlink to hidden bookmark in MS Word

I am manually assembling a list of figures for a large Word document. I originally used the "Table of Figures" feature to generate this automatically from figure captions, but I found that I ...
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How can I remove the parentheses from equation cross-references in Word?

It is common in mathematical articles to number displayed equations with integers in parentheses: (1), (2), etc., and to cross-reference these equations using numbers without parentheses: Eq. 1, Eq. ...
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Possible to do Real-Time Closed Captioning using ffmpeg?

GOAL: Real-Time Closed Captioning via ffmpeg 🤞 My setup: Real-Time video from "touchdesigner" shared via "spout" to "ffmpeg" ffmpeg -f dshow -i video="SpoutCam&...
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Hanging Indent for caption in MS Word

I want create caption with hanging indent for a long sentence neatly just like below: But, I always get like sentence below every time and I need to adjust the indent manually. Even, I already adjust ...
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LibreOffice 7.1.4.2 | Inserting bibliography entry into Figure caption shows `[0]` when using `Number entries` for index type

I am writing a thesis in for which i need to have bibliography at the end. I am using LibreOffice Writer 7.1.4.2 (OpenSUSE Leap 15.2, not sure if it's relevant) I have added Bibliography table/index (...
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How to make Google live caption stay on the screen for a longer time?

Google has a live caption option and when I'm playing an audio or a video and I have the live caption on the screen, it disappears quicker than I'm able to read it sometimes, I would like to know if ...
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How to get "new" Figure/Table labels to retain linked Heading Style in Word 2016

I have a Word 2016 template (for this purpose, we'll call it Template 1) in which I have defined a multi-level list for use in appendices linked to Headings 7, 8, and 9 (Appendix A, A.1, A.1.1, ...
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Microsoft Word is skipping table caption numbers - how to debug?

I have a series of tables in a document. The caption numbers should be Table 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 etc. Unfortunately however, there is one being skipped (i.e. 3.1, 3.3, 3.4...). Perhaps this is because I ...
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Is it possible to move all figure captions from above to below in MS Word?

I have a 300 page MS Word document containing around 50 figures. I originally positioned all captions above each figure. Now I need to move all the captions below the figures while retaining the same ...
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Remove Tables & Figures from Table of Contents

I do not want tables and figures in the table of contents. However, despite multiple attempts over the last week, I have not been able to do it. I am frustrated. Please Help me.
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How to format part of a figure caption in MS Word bold, and the other part regular?

I would like to generate figure captions as displayed in the image below. The figure caption should contain 3 parts: Part 1: Automatic numbering including chapter number and figure number. Font: ...
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Float table top page margin with caption above table

I have table that I want to "float" at the top of a page. Following the logic from this answer and setting the vertical position as “Top” relative to “Margin” helps me achieve the position ...
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How to change image caption in Word

In Microsoft Word, I want to change the caption of an image from the default Figure 3 to 3 Figure. It is possible? I can't find a way to do it. Thanks for the help!
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Add captions to ffmpeg video slideshow

I would like to create a video slideshow using ffmpeg as described here or similarly. I would like to add an annotation caption of text for each image. This isn't contained in the image metadata but ...
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How to remove the caption "Figure" from the Table of figures in Microsoft Word?

In my thesis, I have the following table of figures (it's in French): . As you can see the expression "Figure" is repeated throughout the table ("Figure 1.1", "Figure 1.2"...
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How to see values of for dynamic segments like Insert Caption instead of their formulas?

When I insert caption or any formula fields I am seeing like this: {SEQ Fig. \*ARABIC} instead of Fig. 1. This is for all the dynamic segments(I do not know the correct terminology) of the word like ...
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MS Word 2016: swap labels with number in fugure captions

In MS Word 2016, I'm using "Insert Caption" function for labelling, cross-reference and for the table of figures. The standard scheme of the Caption is "Label" "Number"....
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How can I include only part of an image caption in a table of figures in Microsoft Word?

How can I include only part of an image caption in a table of figures in Microsoft Word? For my dissertation I am writing long captions on all my figures. This makes my table of figures very awkward,...
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What's a good way to save captions for images?

I'm saving an image I found on the web to a file. But - the image also has a caption (or some ALT text) which I also want to keep (and it's different than the image title which I use for the filename)....
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Change numbering format of captions word 2019

I'm writing a Persian text (which is right to left) in MS-word 2019. I want to insert caption as below for my images: شکل-1-1 شکل-1-2 شکل-1-3 ... where right numbers are heading 1 and left numbers ...
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How can I hide/remove/delete windows Caption Buttons like Close Button (X ) and minimize, maximize

I'm trying to get tired of hiding or removing the title bar and buttons for minimizer, maximize and close. I did a lot of research on the internet, but I was unable to find a solution. I can't find ...
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MS Word: Chapter number always showing 1 (but zero in Figure) througout document

I am trying to include Chapter number before Figure numbers for each Chapter in MS Word 2007. Every new Chapter would start with Figure number 1. For example the caption for first figure of Chapter 4 ...
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How to insert caption for multiple figures side by side

I'm working on a Word document, and I would like to put two figures side by side, using the same figure number (e.g. Figure 1) but with a letter for each figure (1a and 1b). What is the cleanest way ...
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MS word: different caption style for figure and table

I'm trying to add captions for figures and tables in MS word. And I want to use different style on captions for figures and captions for tables. ex) font size 10 for captions for figures, font size ...
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Does Youtube autocaption Hebrew? If not, why not? [closed]

I've uploaded videos in Hebrew onto Youtube, and can't get it to autocaption them. Neither can I find any autocaptioned videos in Hebrew on Youtube either. That's weird; Youtube autocaptions all sorts ...
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How can I put two captions on single picture in Word without being counted as two pictures?

When I use Word I would like to to place the title of the picture at the top of it and the source at the bottom of it. If I use References > Insert Caption, then the figure gets counted twice - ...
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Have the header row for the table starting from the second page

I am dealing with making some tables which are extended to multiple pages and I want to have the table title on each page. If I add it as the table name, it will show up in the table of contents ...
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I want to create an SRT file quickly, is there any way I can take advantage of how the dialogue is per image?

I have a channel at YouTube, if you look at it you'll notice I'm far behind and I have over 200 videos that still don't have captions. So, I want to create captions through SRT files. If you watch one ...
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Can't add heading number in the table caption

I need to add heading number in the caption of the picture. Everything is fine upto a certain section: But then, the heading number is not showing up: The heading only starts with zero. I don't know ...
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Table numbering repeats in new section

All the tables are numbered correctly in document Sections 1-4 (Table 1-6) and Section 5 (Table 7), but the following Tables in Section 6 go back to Table #6 and on from there, as if Section 5 hadn't ...
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Numbering of a table starting from the second table

I have three tables. I want to use the Caption feature of MS Word to number the tables automatically. I want the numbering to start from the second table which means that the second table will have a ...
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MS Word Caption Numbering & List Styles

I am having trouble with some captions in MS Word. I'll describe the situation. For reference, I am using Word 2010. I have a large (100+ pages) document that has many figures and tables in it. I ...
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How do I retrieve a lost caption / text box?

I moved a figure but the caption (in a text box) didn't move along. Now I lost it. It's probably hidden behind some text. When I search for text in the caption, search does find it and directs me ...
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libreoffice writer figure cross-refencence

In LibreOffice Writer I cannot create a cross-reference to an image, it is only possible to create cross-reference to it's caption. By using the created link in PDF the screen jumps to the caption, ...
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In Word is it possible to have references to captions in different colour?

References to captions are part of normal text, but they're not exactly "normal". With that in mind, and to ease on what words are captions and what are my "regular" text is it possible to have ...
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Include only part of a figure caption within a textbox in a table of figures in MS Word

I am writing a thesis paper with long figure captions. I have discovered how to use Style Separator to have only the first sentence appear in the list of figures, however all my captions are in text ...
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How can I hide part of a caption in the document but show it in the contents?

I have the inverse problem to this user. I have a lot of figures that have the same caption. This makes the figure contents table look pretty repetitive and uninformative, like this: Image of the ...
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How to change activeX checkbox caption on cell value excel

I have two activeX checkboxes (checkbox7 and checkbox10) and I would like the caption that is shown next to the tickbox to change with the value of Sheet1 cell J13. J13 can change value by an IF ...
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How do I treat a block of text as if it were a figure?

I'm writing an article on software development, and frequently want to insert a block of code that look something like this: public static void RegisterBundles(BundleCollection bundles) { bundles....