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So if you need numbering like 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, you either have to insert and maintain the numbers manually or work out a numbering scheme (probably using SEQ fields) that works.īut creating your own scheme introduces a whole bunch of problems. There is no way you can tell a single SEQ field to start numbering at 6.1, carry on to 6.2, and so on. The shots above show a dash or hyphen separator but you could use a decimal point / period instead.įirst, some observations on the "problem side" of what you are doing.Ī single SEQ field only really allows 'whole number' numbering. Here is the same caption after being modified to remove the restart The dialog box with a chapter number included: Here is a Table caption with field display toggled. You would need to modify the SEQ field to remove the \s

While you can have theĬhapter number without restarting, you can't do that through theĭialog box. Numbering will restart with each chapter. If you choose to include the Chapter number in your caption, Your chapter in the Caption Numbering dialog. You can choose the style which designates the beginning of You click on the Numberingīutton in the Insert Caption dialog and tell Word which style has your See How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in Ribbon Versions of Word by Shauna Kelly for instructions on doing that. Must start with a style set for numbering. You can use chapter numbering in captions. This is covered in my page on Complex Documents.
