WD98: Caption Numbers Reset When Caption Includes Chapter Number
Article ID: 176135
Article Last Modified on 10/4/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q176135
SYMPTOMS
When you insert a caption in a document that includes chapter numbering in
the caption numbers, captions whose \r switches you modified are reset to
1.
CAUSE
When you select the Include Chapter Numbers option, Word replaces the
existing captions with new ones, overwriting any changes you made to the
SEQ fields in the captions.
This behavior does not occur when the caption does not include the
chapter number.
Word does not put the \r switch in the first SEQ field for a caption
sequence when including chapter numbers. Instead, Word adds the \s
switch to the SEQ field to reset the sequence number.
However, the \r switch can be added to the SEQ field in place of the \s
switch to reset the sequence number of that caption sequence. If the \r
switch is added, and another caption is inserted into that caption
sequence, Word refreshes the caption sequence, removes the \r switch, and
adds the \s switch back in.
WORKAROUND
Change the restart information only after all the captions have been
inserted.
To set or change a caption sequence starting number, follow these steps:
- On the Tools menu, Preferences, and then click the View tab.
- Click to select the Field Codes check box, and then click OK.
- In the SEQ field, place the insertion point at the end of the field
(to the left of the closing field bracket) and replace \s 1 with \r n, where "n" is the number you want to begin
the sequence.
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