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         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Adding Chapter Numbers to Captions</title>
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      <bookmark_value>objects; captioning automatically</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>numbering; captions</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>automatic numbering;of objects</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>chapter numbers in captions</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>inserting;chapter numbers in captions</bookmark_value>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147395" role="paragraph">You can include chapter numbers in captions.</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147408" role="paragraph">Ensure that the text in your document is organized by chapters, and that the chapter titles and, if you want, the section titles, use one of the predefined heading paragraph styles. You must also assign a numbering option to the heading paragraph styles.</paragraph>
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         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154249" role="listitem">Select the item that you want to add a caption to.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150503" role="listitem">Choose <emph>Insert - Caption</emph>.</paragraph>
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         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150527" role="listitem">Select a caption title from the <menuitem>Category</menuitem> box, and select a numbering scheme in the <menuitem>Numbering</menuitem> box. <br/>You also can enter a caption text in this dialog. If you want, enter text in the <menuitem>Caption</menuitem> box.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153166" role="listitem">Click <emph>Options</emph>.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153190" role="listitem">In the <item type="menuitem">Level</item> box, select the number of heading levels to include in the chapter number.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155553" role="listitem">Type the character that you want to separate the chapter number(s) from the caption number in the <item type="menuitem">Separator</item> box, and then click <item type="menuitem">OK</item>.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155586" role="listitem">In the <emph>Caption</emph> dialog, click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147226" role="tip">$[officename] can automatically add a caption when you insert an object, graphic, or table. Choose <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><emph>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</emph></caseinline><defaultinline><emph>Tools - Options</emph></defaultinline></switchinline><emph> - %PRODUCTNAME Writer - AutoCaption</emph>.</paragraph>
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         <embed href="text/swriter/guide/captions.xhp#captions"/>
         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145567" role="paragraph"><link href="text/shared/optionen/01041100.xhp" name="Caption dialog">AutoCaption dialog</link></paragraph>
         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145574" role="paragraph"><link href="text/swriter/guide/chapter_numbering.xhp" name="Chapter numbering">Chapter numbering</link></paragraph>
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