If you’re creating a large document in Word that contains a lot of pictures, you’ve probably thought about adding titles to those pictures. In the future, you can refer to these pictures by their number in the text of the document or create a list of illustrations.
To add a title, select the picture in the document and open the tab references (References).
In section Titles (Captions) click the button Insert title (Insert Caption).
Note: You can also right-click on the image and select from the context menu Insert title (Insert Caption).
In the dialog box Name (Caption) select the one you want Signature (Label) from the proposed list:
- Drawing (Figure)
- Table (Table)
- Formula (Equation)
or Position (Position) relative to the picture:
- On thed selected object (Above selected item)
- Under allotmentobject (Below selected item)
To set the numbering in the title, click the button Numbering (Numbering).
In the dialog box Title numbering (Caption Numbering) select the format for the caption number and press OK. For example, if your text is divided into chapters, numbered and with headings, then you can include the chapter number in the title by checking this box.
In addition, in the dialog box Title numbering (Caption Numbering) You can specify a separator that will be automatically inserted between the caption and the number.
In the Name (Caption) enter a caption for the picture and click OK.
The title will be added to the picture.
You can easily change the title style if you wish. For example, we decided that our title should be centered below the picture. Opening a tab Home (Home).
Using the font and paragraph formatting tools, we set the desired format for the inserted title.
To apply these settings to the style used for all other titles, click the button in the lower right corner of the section Styles (Styles) tabs Home (Home).
In the list of styles, hover over the style Name (Caption) and to the right of it, click the down arrow. From the dropdown menu select Update “Title” according to selection (Update Caption to Match Selection).
To close the window Styles (Styles), click Х in the upper right corner of the window.
Now all the titles that you will add to the pictures in this document will be formatted in the same way.