Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated June 1, 2019)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Captions are often used in magazine and book publishing around specific items, such as figures or tables. For instance, you may want to include a caption for all your tables that says "Table" and then a number for the table, as in "Table 3." Word can automate this task for you by adding captions whenever you insert a table or some other object in your document.
To configure Word so it automatically adds captions, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The AutoCaption dialog box.
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2020-04-16 06:26:05
Pratik Kataria
Hello Sir,
How can I auto caption for images that I am copy-pasting in a batch?
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