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On Friday, September 17, 1999 11:41 AM, Ginna Dowler
[SMTP:gdowler -at- questercorp -dot- com] wrote:
> Why not use the Caption feature? Create a style (e.g. caption) and
> select Insert > Caption. Use the label Figure. The only problem with
> this function is that chapter numbering (based on section) doesn't work
> - the numbers don't reset after each chapter. But otherwise it works
> pretty well (amazing for Word but true).
Actually, chapter numbering works if your chapter title is a numbered
Heading 1 with Auto Number turned on. Then all the figure numbers renumber
as needed. And if you add one in the middle, the rest of the chapter is
renumbered to conform.
EZ
