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example in Figure 265 and type your caption text in the Caption
text box at the top. Whatever text you enter for the caption
appears in the box at the bottom, after the sequence name,
number, and separator.
3) Click OK. The graphic and its caption are placed in a frame, as
shown in Figure 266.
Tip
In the Category box, you can type any name you want, for
example, Figure. OOo will create a numbering sequence using
that name.
Figure 265. Defining the caption for an illustration
Illustration 1. An example
Figure 266. An example of a graphic and its caption contained in a
frame. The outer box shows the edge of the frame; this border is
normally set to be invisible.
Overriding the default positioning of captions
The default positioning for picture captions is Below, and that position
cannot be changed using the Caption dialog. However, you can
override the positioning manually, as follows:
1) Follow the instructions in “Using the Caption dialog box” on page
297 to create the caption.
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