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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147691"><bookmark_value>inserting; captions</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>captions; inserting and editing</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>editing;captions</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>objects; captioning</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>tables; labeling</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>frames; labeling</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>charts; labeling</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>text frames; labeling</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>draw objects; inserting captions</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>legends, see also captions</bookmark_value>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153156" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="22">In text documents, you can add continuously numbered captions to graphics, tables, frames, and drawing objects.</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153172" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="36">You can edit the text and the number ranges for different types of captions.</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153186" role="note" l10n="CHG" oldref="37">When you add a caption to a picture or to an object, the object and the caption text are placed together in a new frame. When you add a caption to a table, the caption text is inserted as a paragraph next to the table. When you add a caption to a frame, the caption text is added to the text inside the frame, either before or after the existing text.</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10713" role="tip" l10n="NEW">To move both the object and the caption, drag the frame that contains these items. To update the caption numbering after you move the frame, press F9.</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155541" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="23">To define a caption proceed as follows:</paragraph>
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         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155567" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="24">Select the item that you want to add a caption to.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155586" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="25">Choose <emph>Insert - Caption</emph>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147765" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="26">Select the options that you want, and then click <item type="menuitem">OK</item>. If you want, you can also enter different text in the <item type="menuitem">Category</item>
               <emph/>box, for example <item type="literal">Figure</item>.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147254" role="note" l10n="U" oldref="27">You can edit caption text directly in the document.</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147271" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="28">A caption is formatted with the paragraph style that matches the name of the caption category. For example, if you insert a "Table" caption, the "Table" paragraph style is applied to the caption text.</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145671" role="tip" l10n="CHG" oldref="45">$[officename] can automatically add a caption when you insert an object, graphic, frame, or table. Choose <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - %PRODUCTNAME Writer - AutoCaption</emph>.</paragraph>
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