<p class="Head1"><help:to-be-embedded Eid="captions" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:link Id="67933">Captions and Number Ranges</help:link></help:to-be-embedded></p>
<p class="Paragraph">In text documents you can create separate, continuously numbered captions for figures, tables and drawing objects.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">You can also define as many separate number ranges as you like.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The captions are linked to the figures, tables or drawing objects in a frame. Select the frame when you move the object.</p>
<p class="Head2">Defining Captions</p>
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<p class="P2">Select the figure or the object or place the cursor in the table for which you want to insert a caption.</p>
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<p class="P2">Open the <span class="T1">Caption</span> dialog with the command <span class="T1">Insert - Caption</span>.</p>
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<p class="P2">The dialog shows you a preview of how the caption will look. You can add further text in the <span class="T1">Caption</span> field. Click OK.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you would like to place a tab stop between the automatic captions (e.g., "Figure 1") and the additional text, you can insert it in the document later. Press Ctrl+Tab to insert a tab stop at the beginning of a paragraph.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">The paragraph format of the automatically applied caption is obtained from the Paragraph Style "Illustration", "Table", "Drawing" or "Text". All of these Paragraph Styles are derived from the "Caption" Paragraph Style. So if you want all captions always to appear in green, for example, simply modify the "Caption" Paragraph Style accordingly in the Stylist. Switch the Stylist to the "All Styles" view or to the hierarchical view.</p>
<p class="Head2">Editing or deleting captions</p>
<p class="Paragraph">A caption is normal text which is placed together with an object in a common frame.</p>
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<p class="P3">Edit the caption text just like normal text.</p>
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<p class="P4">Delete the caption text just like normal text.</p>
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<p class="Head2">Inserting an object in a number range</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Suppose your document contains illustrations as linked graphics, and these are labeled in a number range called "Illustration". Now you want to add a drawing obtained with the drawing tools as a further illustration. Extend the automatic number range "Illustration" as follows:</p>
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<p class="P5">Below the additional illustration, insert a new line and apply the Paragraph Style "Illustration."</p>
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<p class="P5">Start the <span class="T1">Fields</span> dialog, by pressing <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">(Command)</help:case><help:default>(Ctrl)</help:default></help:switch>(F2) for example.</p>
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<p class="P5">On the <span class="T1">Variables</span> tab select the Type "Number range". Under <span class="T1">Selection</span> select "Illustration".</p>
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<p class="P5">Click <span class="T1">Insert</span> and close the dialog box.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">If you move illustrations with your captions by hand so that the sequence changes, it may be necessary to update the numbers by pressing F9.</p>
