Using box captions

You can add a caption to both text boxes and graphics boxes. You can edit a caption to change the text and to add font attributes such as bold type. For more information about text-editing features, see “Formatting text.”

You can change the width and position of a caption. You can also rotate captions.

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This is an example of a rotated caption, which displays to the left of a graphic.

Each box style has a different caption numbering style, called a counter. For example, all figure boxes are numbered in sequence and labeled “Figure.” WordPerfect automatically adds counters and numbers captions. You can change the numbering style of a box caption. For more information about counters, see “Using counters.” For information about creating styles, see “Working with styles.”


To add a caption to a box

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Right-click a box, and click Create caption.
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Type the caption text.

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You can delete the caption number by selecting it and clicking Delete.

To edit caption text

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Right-click a box, and click Edit caption.
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Edit the text or the font attributes.

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You can also edit a caption by clicking the Caption WordPerfect Office pgx boxcap Using box captions button on the property bar.

To change caption text width

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Right-click a box, and click Caption.
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In the Caption width area, enable one of the following options:
Fixed — lets you specify a fixed width for a caption
Percent — lets you specify the width of a caption as a percentage of the width of a box
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Type a width in the Fixed or Percent box.

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You can set the width of a caption automatically by enabling the Auto width option.

To change the position of a caption

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Right-click a box, and click Caption.
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In the Caption position area, choose an option from any of the following list boxes:
Side of box — lets you position the caption at the left, rig
ht, top, or bottom of a box
Border — lets you position the caption inside or outside of the box border
Position — lets you position a top or bottom caption at the left, right, or center of a box, or lets you position a side caption at the top, bottom, or center of a box

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You can offset the caption by a specific amount by enabling the Absolute offset or Percent offset option and typing a value in the box.

To rotate a box caption

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Right-click a box, and click Caption.
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In the Rotate caption area, enable one of the following options:
90 degrees
180 degrees
270 degrees

To change the numbering style of a caption

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Right-click a box, and click Caption.
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In the Caption numbering method and style area, click Change.
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Choose a counter style from the Counters list.
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Click Select.

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The counter style you choose numbers the caption in sequence with other boxes using that counter style.

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