Writer Guide

Place the graphic and its caption in separate paragraphs
Insert the graphic and anchor it to its paragraph as a character. Press
Enter to create a new paragraph for the caption.
1) In the caption paragraph, type, for example, Figure and add a
space.
2) To insert the figure number automatically, click Insert > Fields
> Other ( Control + F2 ) and select the Variables tab.
3) Select Number range in the Type list. Select Figure in the
Selection list and choose, for example, Arabic (1 2 3) in the
Format drop-down list. Click the Insert button.
4) A number will appear after the word “Figure” in the caption. Now,
type the text of the caption.
Tips
If you are manually adding captions to a lot of figures using
this method, you might want to make an AutoText entry
containing, for example, Figure and a space, the figure-
number field, and an optional separator and a space after it.
You can also place the caption paragraph before (above) the
picture paragraph. Using AutoText can be a convenient way to
deal with the lack of automatic captioning above pictures.
To ensure the picture and its caption stay together on the
page: if the picture is going above the caption, define the text
flow of the Figure paragraph style as Keep with next
paragraph and the next style as Caption. Conversely, if the
caption is going above, define the Caption paragraph style as
Keep with next paragraph and the next style as Figure.
Use a table
Create a one-column, two-row table. Place the picture in one row and
type the caption in the other row—or use two or more rows for the
caption and other text. This method can be especially useful for
pictures with numbered legends, such as Figure 259 in this chapter.
Adding an image to the Gallery
You may wish to add to the Gallery any images that you use frequently,
for example, a company logo. You can then very easily insert these
graphics into a document later.
To add images to the Gallery, proceed as follows:
1) Open the Gallery.
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