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A few tricks to take you beyond the basics of Microsoft Office 2010
Microsoft Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
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Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
When you insert pictures or tables or other graphic items into a Word document, you can make them look professional if you add captions above or below the graphic.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
The “Caption” feature in Word will insert those snappy looking captions for you.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
To select it, click inside the picture and a box with sizing handles will appear around the picture.
It’s quick and easy.
You begin by selecting the graphic that needs a caption.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
Click the “References” tab on the Word 2010 ribbon.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
Then, click on “Insert Caption”.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
That will bring up the “Caption dialog box” which is where you will identify the features you want in your caption.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
The Caption dialog box is already set up to call your caption “Figure 1.” Word's caption feature automatically creates numbered captions. There is no capability for creating unnumbered captions.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
If you want to include the term “Figure” you can just type in your caption title after that.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
Make sure the “Label” field says Figure. To change the field, click to open the drop list and choose Figure.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
You may also create a caption using different label terms.
Simply, click the “New Label” button to open a dialog box.
that will let you add your own term.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
Use the “Position” field to select whether the caption goes above or below the graphic.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
When you have your caption the way you want it, click “OK”
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
Word inserts the new caption as text.
If you want to edit the caption, simply click on the caption words to change fonts, resize or delete words.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
Add A Caption To A Floating ObjectIf you want to be able to wrap text around the object and caption, or you want to be able to move the object and the caption together, you need to insert both the object and the caption into a text box.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Text Box, and then click Draw Text Box.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
In your document, drag to draw the text box over the object. The graphic will be covered by the text box.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
On the Drawing Tools Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click Shape Fill, and then click No Fill.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
In the Arrange group, click Text Wrapping, and then click the text wrapping option that you used for the object.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
Under Text Box Tools, on the Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Send Behind Text.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
Right-click the text box, and then click Format Shape.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
Click Text Box, and then set the internal margin values to 0.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
Select the object, and then click Cut in the Clipboard group on the Home tab. Or press CTRL+X. The object will disappear but don’t worry it is safe on the clipboard
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
Click in the text box, and then click Paste in the Clipboard group on the Home tab. Or press CTRL+V.
Select the object, and insert the caption as described earlier in the lesson.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
Step-by-Step:- Select the graphic.- Click References.- Click Insert Caption.- Type your caption.- If you want to add a new label, click “New Label”
and type in your new label.
- Choose whether you want the caption “above” or “below” the graphic.- Click “OK”.- Format the caption font the way you want it.
Word 2010: Add Captions To Your Pictures
Here are the step-by-step directions for adding captions to a floating object. Have fun captioning!
Step-by-Step: On the Insert tab, in the Text
group, click Text Box, and then click Draw Text Box.
In your document, drag to draw the
text box over the object.
On the Drawing Tools Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click Shape Fill, and then click No Fill.
In the Arrange group, click Text
Wrapping, and click the desired text wrapping option.
Under Text Box Tools, on the
Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Send Behind Text.
Right-click the text box then click
Format Shape. Click Text Box, and then set the
internal margin values to 0.
Select the object then click Cut in the Clipboard group on the Home tab. Or press CTRL+X.
Click in the text box, and then click
Paste in the Clipboard group on the Home tab. Or press CTRL+V.
Select the object, and insert the
caption.