<metaname="description"content=">The Caption is a numbered label that you can apply to objects, such as equations, tables, figures and images within your documents"/>
<p>The <b>Caption</b> is a numbered label that you can apply to objects, such as equations, tables, figures and images within your documents.</p>
<p>This makes it easy to reference within your text as there is an easily recognizable label on your object.</p>
<p>To add the caption to an object:</p>
<ul>
<li>select the object which one to apply a caption;</li>
<li>switch to the <b>References</b> tab of the top toolbar;</li>
<li>
click the <imgalt="Rich text content control"src="../images/caption_icon.png"/><b>Caption</b> icon at the top toolbar or right lick o nthe object and select the <b>Insert Caption</b> option to open the <b>Insert Caption</b> dialogue box
<li>create a new label by clicking the <b>Add label</b> button to open the <b>Add label</b> dialogue box. Enter a name for the label into the label text box. Then click the <b>OK</b> button to add a new label into the label list;</li>
</ul>
<li>check the <b>Include chapter number</b> checkbox to change the numbering for your caption;</li>
<li>check the <b>Exclude label from caption</b> checkbox to leave only a number for this particular caption in accordance with a sequence number;</li>
<li>you can then choose how to number your caption by assigning a specific style to the caption and adding a separator;</li>
<li>to apply the caption click the <b>OK</b> button.</li>
</ul>
<p><imgalt="Content Control settings window"src="../images/insertcaptionbox.png"/></p>
<h2>Deleting a label</h2>
<p>To <b>delete</b> a label you have created, choose the label from the label list within the caption dialogue box then click the <b>Delete label</b> button. The label you created will be immediately deleted.</p>
<pclass="note"><b>Note:</b>You may delete labels you have created but you cannot delete the default labels.</p>
<h2>Formatting captions</h2>
<p>As soon as you add a caption, a new style for captions is automatically added to the styles section. In order to change the style for all captions throughout the document, you should follow these steps:</p>
<ul>
<li>select the text a new <b>Caption</b> style will be copied from;</li>
<li>search for the <b>Caption</b> style (highlighted in blue by default) in the styles gallery which you may find on <b>Home</b> tab of the top toolbar;</li>
<li>right click on it and choose the <b>Update from selection</b> option.</li>
</ul>
<p><imgalt="Content Control settings window"src="../images/updatefromseleciton.png"/></p>
<h2>Grouping captions up</h2>
<p>If you want to be able to move the object and the caption as one unit, you need <ahref="../UsageInstructions/AlignArrangeObjects.htm"onclick="onhyperlinkclick(this)">to group</a> the object and the caption together</p>
<ul>
<li>select the object;</li>
<li>select one of the <b>Wrapping styles</b> using the right sidebar;</li>
<li>add the caption as it is mentioned above;</li>
<li>hold down Shift and select the items you want to group up;</li>
<li><b>right click</b> on either item and choose <b>Arrange</b> > <b>Group</b>.</li>
</ul>
<p><imgalt="Content Control settings window"src="../images/Groupup.png"/></p>
<p>Now both items will move simultaneously if you drag them somewhere else in the document.</p>
<p>To unbind the objects click on <b>Arrange</b> > <b>Ungroup</b> respectively.</p>
