Cross reference to caption in text box

scheij

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Dec 29, 2003, 1:18:28 PM12/29/03

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My document contains jpg images with captions for each. These pairs are
both inside a text box. I would like to insert a cross reference with
hyperlink to the "Figure label and number only" into the body text of
the document (outside the textbox). However, the references do not
appear when I try to insert them. Any suggestions to solve this
problem would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Cindy M -WordMVP-

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Dec 30, 2003, 3:06:15 AM12/30/03

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Hi Scheij,

> My document contains jpg images with captions for each. These pairs are
> both inside a text box. I would like to insert a cross reference with
> hyperlink to the "Figure label and number only" into the body text of
> the document (outside the textbox). However, the references do not
> appear when I try to insert them.
>

Anything in a document's drawing layer is not "visible" to the
cross-referencing system. Convert the textboxes to frames (you'll find a
button in the Textbox tab of the Format dialog box) and the problem should
be resolved.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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scheij

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Dec 30, 2003, 12:09:56 PM12/30/03

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My document contains jpg images with captions for each. These pairs are
both inside a text box. I would like to insert a cross reference with
hyperlink to the "Figure label and number only" into the body text of
the document (outside the textbox). However, the references do not

Suzanne S. Barnhill

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Dec 31, 2003, 1:08:45 AM12/31/03

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As pointed out in a response to your (?) duplicate question here or
elsewhere, captions in text boxes cannot be cross-referenced (or included in
a List of Figures) because Word does not "see" text in the drawing layer.
There's a button on the Text Box tab of the Format Text Box dialog for
converting the text box to a frame. Once the text is in a frame, you should
be able to insert a cross-reference.

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