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Table/Caption Confusion
Scott Meyers <usenet[ at ]aristeia.com> 20.07.2006 22:53:12
I wanted to create an image with a caption, so I created a table with one column
and two rows, put the image in the top cell and the caption in the lower cell.
At least that's what I think I did. I don't remember for sure any more, and I
can't decipher what Word is showing me. (Please remember that this is a
newsgroup for new users :-}) I do know that I have a table (because I can get
table properties for the image, though not for the caption) and that the table
has no caption (because choosing "caption..." shows no text), so I know I'm not
using Word's innate caption feature for tables.

What confuses me is that in web layout view, the caption appears below the
image, just as I want. You can see what I see here, where the text at the top
is the last line of the preceding paragraph:

http://www.aristeia.com/Personal/web%20layout%20view.jpg

However, when I switch to print layout view, the caption appears above the
image, as shown here:

http://www.aristeia.com/Personal/print%20layout%20view.jpg

Can anybody help me figure out what I've done and how to get Word to always put
the caption text below the image?

Thanks,

Scott

Re: Table/Caption Confusion
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 21.07.2006 03:24:37
Click on the picture itself, which should display the Picture toolbar. Click
on the Text Wrapping button (dog icon) and make sure that the wrapping is
set to In Line With Text. That will ensure that the picture is actually in
the table cell and not in front of or behind it. It then cannot wander from
its position above the caption.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Scott Meyers" <usenet[ at ]aristeia.com> wrote in message
news:12c02bht6o81b68[ at ]corp.supernews.com...
[Quoted Text]
> I wanted to create an image with a caption, so I created a table with one
column
> and two rows, put the image in the top cell and the caption in the lower
cell.
> At least that's what I think I did. I don't remember for sure any more,
and I
> can't decipher what Word is showing me. (Please remember that this is a
> newsgroup for new users :-}) I do know that I have a table (because I can
get
> table properties for the image, though not for the caption) and that the
table
> has no caption (because choosing "caption..." shows no text), so I know
I'm not
> using Word's innate caption feature for tables.
>
> What confuses me is that in web layout view, the caption appears below the
> image, just as I want. You can see what I see here, where the text at the
top
> is the last line of the preceding paragraph:
>
> http://www.aristeia.com/Personal/web%20layout%20view.jpg
>
> However, when I switch to print layout view, the caption appears above the
> image, as shown here:
>
> http://www.aristeia.com/Personal/print%20layout%20view.jpg
>
> Can anybody help me figure out what I've done and how to get Word to
always put
> the caption text below the image?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott
>

Re: Table/Caption Confusion
Scott Meyers <usenet[ at ]aristeia.com> 21.07.2006 04:14:56
Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
[Quoted Text]
> Click on the picture itself, which should display the Picture toolbar. Click
> on the Text Wrapping button (dog icon) and make sure that the wrapping is
> set to In Line With Text. That will ensure that the picture is actually in
> the table cell and not in front of or behind it. It then cannot wander from
> its position above the caption.

This results in no change in behavior. The position of the caption still
changes depending on whether I'm using web view or print view.

Other ideas?

Thanks,

Scott
Re: Table/Caption Confusion
"Stefan Blom" <no.spam[ at ]please.xyz> 21.07.2006 08:44:45
In Table | Table Properties, Table tab, try setting the "Text
wrapping" to "None."

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Scott Meyers" wrote in message
news:12c0l6qdrdc1ce7[ at ]corp.supernews.com...
[Quoted Text]
> Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
> > Click on the picture itself, which should display the Picture
toolbar. Click
> > on the Text Wrapping button (dog icon) and make sure that the
wrapping is
> > set to In Line With Text. That will ensure that the picture is
actually in
> > the table cell and not in front of or behind it. It then cannot
wander from
> > its position above the caption.
>
> This results in no change in behavior. The position of the caption
still
> changes depending on whether I'm using web view or print view.
>
> Other ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott




Re: Table/Caption Confusion
Scott Meyers <usenet[ at ]aristeia.com> 21.07.2006 16:06:43
Stefan Blom wrote:
[Quoted Text]
> In Table | Table Properties, Table tab, try setting the "Text
> wrapping" to "None."

It's already set that way.

I think what I have is a table with two rows and one column. Is there some way
for me to confirm this? If that's not what I have, I may be barking completely
up the wrong tree.

Thanks,

Scott

Re: Table/Caption Confusion
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 21.07.2006 16:37:49
You can use the TableCellHelper macro (or Greg's variant) to determine this.
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/SumAboveIncorrect.htm or
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Table_Cell_Data.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Scott Meyers" <usenet[ at ]aristeia.com> wrote in message
news:12c1utbpd9mruab[ at ]corp.supernews.com...
[Quoted Text]
> Stefan Blom wrote:
> > In Table | Table Properties, Table tab, try setting the "Text
> > wrapping" to "None."
>
> It's already set that way.
>
> I think what I have is a table with two rows and one column. Is there
some way
> for me to confirm this? If that's not what I have, I may be barking
completely
> up the wrong tree.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott
>

Re: Table/Caption Confusion
"Stefan Blom" <no.spam[ at ]please.xyz> 28.07.2006 07:25:18
Here's a way to confirm you are in fact seeing just one table: Place
the cursor inside the table. On the Table menu, click Select, and then
click Table. Is everything that appears to be a single table now
selected? If not, there could be multiple tables, and you need to
check the text wrapping for all of them.

Another possibility is that the document has frames. With the cursor
inside the object, look for a Frame command at the bottom of the
Format menu.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Scott Meyers" wrote in message
news:12c1utbpd9mruab[ at ]corp.supernews.com...
[Quoted Text]
> Stefan Blom wrote:
> > In Table | Table Properties, Table tab, try setting the "Text
> > wrapping" to "None."
>
> It's already set that way.
>
> I think what I have is a table with two rows and one column. Is
there some way
> for me to confirm this? If that's not what I have, I may be barking
completely
> up the wrong tree.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott
>




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