Options

Adds the chapter number to the caption label. To use this feature, you must first assign an outline level to a paragraph style, and then apply the style to the chapter headings in your document.

To access this command...

Choose Insert - Caption - Options

Open context menu - choose Caption - Options


Numbering by chapter

When you add chapter numbers to caption labels, the caption numbering is reset when a chapter heading is encountered. For example, if the last figure in chapter 1 is "Figure 1.12", the first figure in the next chapter would be "Figure 2.1".

Level

Select the number of outline levels from the top of the chapter hierarchy down to include in the caption label.

Separator

Enter the character that you want to insert between the chapter number and the caption number.

Category and frame format

Character style

Specifies the character style.

Apply border and shadow

Applies the border and shadow of the object to the caption frame.

Adding Chapter Numbers to Captions

Using Captions

Chapter Numbering