Caption numbering in Word 2010

Question

The page numbering format can be different for each sections of a Word document.

For example: section 1 will have roman numbers (I, ii) and section 2 will have numbers that have "Include chapter number" (1-1, 2-3).

I cannot change the caption format the same way.

What I need is that each section will have a different "Numbering" > "Include chapter number" > "Chapter start with style" type.

For example:

I have a Word file that has a Main part that includes Headings 1-4. Figure captions are then Figure 1-1, Figure 1-3, Figure 3-2.

The second part of the file includes appendices, for which I want the figure captions to be Figure A-1, Figure A-3, Figure C-2.

Is there a way to do this without manually changing something? This is a large manual that is updated with different figures being added to both the main and appendix sections.

Answer 1

1. You can base the caption numbers on the respective chapter numbers (by inserting chapters as the first part of the number):

and then:

This will place the chapter number in front of the caption number

2. You can use another type of Captions for each section:

They still can all go into one table, as the table can be built by format style.

Answer 2

Posted the question also in the Microsoft community, and received the following very helpful reply:

Since captions can only be restarted following one of the built-in styles, you will have to use (say) Heading 7 for appendix titles. Create a separate caption label for use with that heading. For details, see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numberingappendixes.html.