Creating Captions in Word 2007

Captions allow you to add meaningful text to the images, figures and tables of your documents.  Not only are they used to provide information, but they also insert style code which is used when generating a Table of Figures.  

To Create a Caption 

1. Select the image for which you want to create a caption.
2. Click the References tab on the Ribbon.
3. Click the Insert Caption button on the Captions group.
4. To use a label other than the default Figure, click the Label drop-down arrow and select Table or Equation.
5. Select the desired position of the caption from the Position drop-down list.
6. To use a numbering sequence other than 1,2,3,…, click the Numbering button and make your selections.
7. Click OK when finished.

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