Changing Caption Numbering Styles

Summary: Using Word's captioning feature can be a great boon for automatically numbering certain elements in your documents. It might not be immediately apparent, however, how you go about changing the numbering style used by Word. Here's the steps you need. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003, and Word 2007.)

If you use the captioning feature of Word, you can automatically number all your captions. For instance, all your tables and figures could be numbered using consecutive numbers. In addition, Word allows you to specify how you want the numbers to appear in the caption. To change numbering styles for your captions, follow these steps:

Display the Caption dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.) Choose Insert | Caption, Insert | Reference | Caption, or References | Insert Caption, depending on your version of Word.
Click on the Numbering button. Word displays the Caption Numbering dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.)
Using the Format drop-down list, choose the format you want used for your caption numbers.
Click on OK to close the Caption Numbering dialog box.
Click on OK to insert your caption.

Tip #624 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

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