Word 2016 - Picture Captions - How to Insert a Text Caption in an Image MS Office Microsoft Tutorial

[@lucyr.1994]

I like your videos. You always give very good and simple explanations making things so much easier.

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hey thanks Gina, I appreciate you taking the time to leave such a nice comment. I hope that you're learning a lot, thanks for watching!

[@shamlashaheel4802]

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[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Glad to hear that! Thank you for watching, Shamla!

[@mhaag3948]

Excellent, Adam! This solved an issue I've been using as a reason to procrastinate on a writing project. Many thanks.

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

I'm glad to hear this helped you with your project, M Haag. Thanks for watching!

[@Yemi927]

@@ProfessorAdamMorgan Hi Professor Adam, THIS IS URGENT PLS!! My figure numbering is moving from Fig 4 to fig 101 rather than fig 5 and when I update figures it shows multiple entries

[@Tbrucejr]

Hi Adam. Thank you for the video. I have roughly the opposite problem. I have a document with pictures and captions; however when I update the document, a couple times a year, I often want to remove pictures from the updated document. The challenge is that if I delete a picture the caption box seems to stay, orphaned, in the document. Clicking on the box, right clicking, nothing seems to offer the possibility of deleting the now, unneeded caption box. My best work around is to delete all of the caption text, which keeps any words from showing up; however, still the hard formatting of the box is embedded in the document and Word wraps the regular document text around the seemingly blank caption box. Any thoughts on how to remedy this situation and remove caption boxes completely? I am surprised this isn't just a "click on the thing, then right click, delete" kind of process...

[@andrewsotnikov5680]

Great, is it possible to do 2 caption styles, one for table and one for picture?

[@southpark5555]

I can't believe that those idiots at microsoft puts the 'insert caption' under the "References" tab. Any normal person would have put it inder the 'Insert' tab. Or at least the microsoft developers should have put it under both tabs. But you'd expect that 'insert caption' would be expected to fall under the "Insert" tab. Whoever decided to leave out of the insert tab should be just sacked from Microsoft. Or just sack the whole lot of them. I should mention though ..... this is a good video. Thanks Adam.

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hi SouthPark, I agree that it should also be included in the Insert Tab illustrations group. You could always customize your ribbon to include it if you feel inclined. I sometimes think of it in the Insert Tab too, so I see where you're coming from. Thanks for watching, I appreciate it!

[@southpark5555]

@@ProfessorAdamMorgan Thanks very much Adam! I didn't know that I could customize that before, until now after you mentioned it. Thanks very much for your help. Greatly appreciated! Keep safe and keep well! Thanks again.

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

No problem, I made a video on how to do this I'll link it below. You stay safe as well, have a nice evening: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpjUdmyrp7Wbndk

[@TheJoshtheboss]

Hi. What if I decide to move the picture (already with captioned made) to another page. Does the caption move with the picture (as group) or it stays as text and does not move with the picture? Also, say my 3rd picture is moved up a few pages in my later draft. Will the caption change from Figure 3 to Figure 2 automatically, if I will place the picture above an existing picture. I hope my question makes sense. If not I can clarify.

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hi JoshTheBoss, The caption will not automatically be grouped and moved with the picture. You will need to click and select all of the caption, then hold control on your keyboard and click the picture. Then you can drag the picture and the caption will move with it. The references between the captions will not change to my knowledge. You will need to manually adjust the numbering between the captioned pictures. I hope this helps you out.

[@celebritydogtrainerjoelsil9115]

Hey Adam. Thank you.. just a question.. is there a way to decrease the distance between the caption and the picture. It seems like the default has too much of a gap. Thank you!

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hi Celebrity Dog Trainer Joel Silverman, Yes, if you click the picture, go to the Home Tab. In the bottom-right section of the Paragraph group, you'll see the Paragraph Dialog Box Launcher Icon. Click that, then in the Spacing section, change After to 0 pt and this will reduce the empty space after the picture. I hope this helps, thanks for watching.

[@jonnyreverb]

Insert caption is not in my options for word 365

[@erciasequeira2380]

Thank you

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Welcome!

[@rubyrouvray7059]

hi its 2020 not 2017 i want to be in 2017

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

I appreciate you watching in 2020, Ruby. Thanks!

[@angelvazquez3805]

Is there a reason why I don’t get the option to add a caption to my picture? Even after I clicked it

[@picotingle]

Very helpful thank you. Easy to follow, perfect use of mouse pointer coordinated with words to show where to find menu options, good pace, no jargon, clearly spoken, straightforward words used. Your teaching style is refreshing when there are so many fuzzy much less helpful "explanations" from people who are experts but can't explain themselves to learners.

[@ncamsileshongwe2677]

you're a star

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

I appreciate you watching, thanks!

[@cdbarry]

God dammit! What if you just want the text without the box, such a simple freaking question yet after days of research not one person directly answers this question. Surely there is one other person in existence who doesn’t want that box

[@othmanechahbar8072]

Thank u very helpful !!!

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

No problem Othmane, thank you for watching. Have a nice day!!

[@jamesg6721]

Great Video!

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Thank you for watching James! Have a nice day.

[@mohamadkamalayuzi3716]

Sorry I have a problem, my caption sudden change into bahasa format not english, how can I change it back?

[@Lyes_Abdellatif]

super video

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hey thank you, Ilyes Vlog. I appreciate you watching!

[@seemlyme]

I noticed you after two minutes in the video below right hand corner

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

At least you noticed, thanks for watching, see you later.

[@staynavytom2963]

Informative but you left out an important aspect: grouping the two boxes.

[@Antonio-nk9xp]

Thx man

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Thanks for watching, Antonio!

[@mcuvds5203]

Excellent. How do you share the captions put in the document with someone else who reviews the document? The captions added, don't appear anymore in the cross reference list in the document I send for review. If the other person wants to add new captions on the existing list, it starts from 1.

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hi mcu, You can add a reference list in the References tab, or you can create your own list and cross-reference them within your document. I made a video on cross-references here, I hope it helps you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpSzaYx9g9p6ipo

[@lokeshnarsineni289]

How do you hide the partial figure legend from not showing up in the TOC, also my figure legends are having formatting error with the recent update on windows 10 the hidden function separates the legend into 2 separate lines rather than being a single continuous legend in the document. When I open the same document on a windows 7 computer with a similar version of office 365. It shows up good as a single continuous legend. Any suggestions on this?

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hi Lokesh, You can hide the figure by clicking the 'Exclude label from caption' option within the Caption dialog box. You may have to increase the width of your object so that Word doesn't default to 2 lines instead of one. I hope this is able to help you out, thank you for watching.

[@adarshnataraj7904]

Thank you Adam. Please make a video on how to increment the label of caption with respect to chapter numbers. Example- Chapter 1- Figure 1-a, Figure 1-b, Figure 1-c...... Chapter 2- Figure 2-a, Figure 2-b, Figure 2-c...... Chapter 3- Figure 3-a, Figure 3-b, Figure 3-c..... etc. Request you to post ASAP as I am not able to proceed further without that in a project.

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hi Adarsh, You can do this if you check the 'Exclude label from caption' checkbox in the Caption Dialog Box. From there, you can click 'New Label' to create your own label name, and 'Numbering' to design your own numbering format. I hope this helps.

[@Yemi927]

Hi Professor Adam, THIS IS URGENT!! My figure numbering is moving from Fig 4 to fig 101 rather than fig 5 and when I update figures it shows multiple entries

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hi Mary, Click the picture and click Insert Caption. From there, click the Numbering option and change the number at the beginning of the caption. This should get it all sorted out. I hope this helps, thanks for watching!

[@tandulechakradharrao2174]

How to enable auto caption to an inserted figure in word 2019?

[@maryroberts8031]

I am so grateful for your knowledge and the clear and concise way you have of communicating how to go about the skills you demonstrate. You are a wonderful teacher. This particular video blew my mind. I had no idea you could do this. I have been placing text boxes below pictures before now to try and label things. I feel so silly. Thank you so much for this video!

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hi Mary, Thank you so much, I am glad that you enjoy my teaching style. Yeah, most people don't know that you can add captions so I'm glad you learned this. I appreciate you watching, have a great day!

[@piotr_jurkiewicz]

LEGEND

[@doaaelsayad5499]

i wanna add caption like this figure(1) not only figure1

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hi doaa, When you go to type the Caption details, change the caption setting to custom and apply the custom style that you want.

[@mammamia2418]

Thanks

[@lalalandattack123]

Excellent, easy to follow. Thank you.

[@Anton-pz2gf]

thx

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

No problem, Anton. Thank you for watching and have a nice day.

[@elahehbazdar8639]

Thank you that was so useful and helpful.

[@lesliebrannon3689]

I would make the image bigger and specify that the captions differ per style, but this was very helpful in general. Thanks.

[@hibye-ib4ou]

how we can change the text into small letter in caption ' like figure or table etc...

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hi, When you click 'Caption' you will open the Caption dialog box. In that box, check 'Exclude Label from Caption' and click 'New Label' right below it. This is where you'll be able to write your own small letter caption of your choice. I hope this helps, have a nice day.

[@Ganesh_Kumar_1990]

@professor adam it's a great video

[@ARISTOfilm]

Thanks, it was helpful!

[@mohamedrafathrafiudeen8684]

Professor, I can able to enter the text in the Caption, the mouse cursor, didn't show up to enter the text. Please I request you to help me out with this!

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hi Mohamed, I haven't heard of that problem before and it's difficult to solve without seeing your computer. Perhaps press the tab button once you choose the Caption option to switch between fields. I hope this helps.

[@theethiopian6690]

The same problem here. Not able to enter a text on the caption text box. Using the tab didn't work for me.

[@theethiopian6690]

I figured, it is because the caption is already added under the image. Thank you

[@OldHouseNut1]

I followed your video, but it isn't exactly what I was looking for. I have a Word document with several images throughout that illustrate points. I simply want to have a line of text associated with each image that moves with the image. BUT, I hate having to use the "Image 1-" or "Table 4-" intro. But I can't delete that preface.

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hi Kevin, On the Caption dialog box, click the check box that says "Exclude label from caption" and it'll remove the intro. Once you do that, it'll just show up with whatever you type into the caption box. Thanks for watching the video!

[@OldHouseNut1]

@@ProfessorAdamMorgan I tried that too. It indeed did remove the label, but the caption doesn't stick with the associated image. In other words, once I add a caption for an image, if I move the image, the caption remains in place.

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hi Kevin, try clicking the image, holding control on your keyboard, then clicking the caption. Then the 2 objects should move together. I hope this is what you mean.

[@myagmartsendenkhbat9770]

Hi Adam, Do you know how can we put a long text in the caption? very long text

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hi Myagmarsend, The caption limit is already very long in Word. If you need it to be longer than that, create a text box and enter your own text below the picture. That way you won't have a limit at all.

[@davidcsik9761]

Hi. I have a problem with captions. I want to add a caption for pictures and tables, but the program adds the caption as follows: 1 Figure, 1 Table, etc. But I want reverse format, e.g. Table 1, Figure 1. How can I adjust the succession?

[@davidcsik9761]

btw, I have MS Word 2016

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hi David, Try right-clickong on the picture, then click on insert caption. For the label option, switch to the label that you'd like. You can also customize your label options by clicking the new label button. I hope this helps you out.

[@laurabazan1019]

thank you for your help, I'm studying and its very hard for me to understand and with you help its easier

[@renagunther]

Is it possible to have the caption displayed without the number?

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hi Rena, Yes, when you click "Insert Caption" click the checkbox that says "Exclude label from caption" and it'll remove the default numbering label. I hope this helps you, thanks for watching.

[@phamcuong3822]

How to remove the numbering from the caption? thank you

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hi Pham, When you first create the citation, manually remove the number before you type the name of the citation. I hope this helps, thanks for watching!

[@phamcuong3822]

@@ProfessorAdamMorgan I tried your solution, but after removing the number, the citation was no longer the reference, so if I create the table of figures, the table didnt contain the citation

[@stoleethatsme]

Thank you so very much for posting this video. You have helped me a great deal! You rock!

[@sciencepolitique6443]

Hello, do you know how to configure the insertion of captions, but configured with non-breaking space? When I make references, it's cleaner.

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hi Science Politique, I am not sure that you can insert a non-breaking space via the caption dialog box. I found a forum that talked about this question though and they had some options that might help you out. I'll link it below and let me know how it goes: www.office-forums.com/threads/format-captions-with-non-breaking-space.1829020/

[@MrRICHARDGOMEZ]

thanks for the video. very helpful

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

No problem Allan, thank you for watching!

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[@aschalewdukele2891]

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[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

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[@carolinebirenbaum9126]

What if I don't want to label my captions "Picture 1" for example? Just enter the caption itselt?

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

Hi Caroline, You can click the check box that says "Exclude label from Caption" in the Caption dialog box. You can also erase the Words "Picture 1" after the caption has been added.

[@jackiehami]

Thank you!!

[@ProfessorAdamMorgan]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching, Jackie!