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June 13, 2018
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Figure Caption

  • June 13, 2018
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Having been away from inDesign for a while, I hav forgotten how to add a caption to a new figure in my .indd document, and have the figure number slide into my existing collection of figures. If one of you could point me on instructions for doing that, I would be grateful.

Best,

jwc

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    Barb Binder
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    Barb BinderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 13, 2018

    Hi Jack:

    Adding captions is a two-step process:

    1. Object > Captions > Caption Set-up is where you define how new captions should look in your document, including pulling in metadata from Bridge, where to place the caption and which paragraph style you want it to use.
    2. Once defined, select one or more images and choose Object > Caption > Live | Static Captions. Remember that live captions will update if you update the metadata but must fit on a single line, static captions can run across multiple lines but don't update after a metadata update.

    ~Barb

    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
    J
    Jack作成者
    Inspiring
    June 14, 2018

    Thanks, Barb,

    This looks potential every useful. I’m 'almost home’: The first time that I tried to generate a live caption from metadata, nothing happened. On the second attempt, the ‘generate live caption' and other options were disabled (greyed out).

    Also, in the process of generating new captions for only two existing images and all thee 48 others already had sequential image numbers, now all of the old image numbers are gone. It is not the end of the world, b/c the document s not that long, , but it is an irritant to have to repeat all of that work. If I can somehow, easily, recover the image numbers, that would be extremely helpful. Or maybe I should just ‘bite the bullet’, and enter all captions into metadata.

    But. first I need success with the first couple of images, before going ahead and placing all captions into metadata, and go on from there, b/c I can see that a;; of this will be very helpful going forward

    Tks,

    jwc

      Barb Binder
      Community Expert
      Barb BinderCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 14, 2018

      Hi Jack;

      It can be tricky to figure out which metadata field you want. The names in InDesign don’t always match the names in Bridge, so that is one reason why the caption might be empty. Another might be that you’re referencing an empty metadata field. If it were me, I would focus on getting one single caption working correctly, then you’ll know how add all of the other captions.

      As for the figure numbers, be sure that you are tagging all the captions with a paragraph style and then add the figure number to the paragraph style. Again, see Steve’s post.

      ~Barb

      ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
        Steve Werner
        Community Expert
        Steve WernerCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        June 13, 2018

        If it's the numbering of the captions that is the issue, this tutorial should help:

        Numbered Lists — Part III Figure Captions

        J
        Jack作成者
        Inspiring
        June 14, 2018

        Thanks Steve. That link has been very helpful. After having defined a caption style I am now generating automatically, sequentially numbered captions.

        I just noticed that there is a lot of space between the figure number and the start of the caption. Have looked around, and so far have not found the way to control the size of that space. If I remove the carat (inverted 'v'), that space goes to zero.

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