How to set a starting value for captions

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hrmalik@gmail.com - 10 Aug 2006 17:06 GMT

Hi,

How can I set a starting value for captions? I want to assign different
starting values to figures and tables on each page. The sequence of
numbering should continue from my provided value.

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Margaret Aldis - 11 Aug 2006 11:30 GMT

Toggle field codes on the number in the start point caption (or use Alt-F9
to toggle them on for the document).
Add the \r switch to the SEQ field, followed by the starting number: for
example:

{SEQ Figure \* ARABIC \r 3 } to restart the numbering of the figure sequence
at 3. (The { } are the field delimiters).

You will need to update fields for this to take effect through the document,
but later numbers in each sequence will follow on.

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> Hi,
>
> How can I set a starting value for captions? I want to assign different
> starting values to figures and tables on each page. The sequence of
> numbering should continue from my provided value.

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Stefan Blom - 14 Aug 2006 09:48 GMT

Also be careful not to re-visit the Caption dialog box after you've
made manual changes to the SEQ fields; Word will try to restore the
settings in the dialog box which will destroy your changes.

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> Toggle field codes on the number in the start point caption (or use Alt-F9
> to toggle them on for the document).
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> > starting values to figures and tables on each page. The sequence of
> > numbering should continue from my provided value.

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