WD: Reset Switch Behavior in Caption with Chapter Numbers
Article ID: 126081
Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
- Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q126081
SYMPTOMS
When you insert a caption in a document that includes chapter numbering
in the caption numbers, captions whose \r switch 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
captions' SEQ fields.
This behavior does not occur when the caption does not include the
chapter number.
Word automatically puts the \r switch in the first SEQ field for a
caption sequence when including Chapter Numbers. The sequence starting
number can be changed from the default 1 to a different number. If a
caption is inserted prior to the caption that contains the \r switch,
then the caption numbering sequence does not update correctly because
the \r switch is not deleted when the sequence numbering is refreshed.
WORKAROUND
Change the restart information only after all the captions have been
inserted.
To set or change a caption sequence starting number, do the following:
- On the Tools menu, click Options, 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 type \r n, where "n" is the number you want to begin the
sequence.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
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