Adds a numbered caption to a selected image, table, chart, frame, or shape. You can also access this command by right-clicking the item that you want to add the caption to.
Caption
Type the text that you want to appear after the caption category and caption number.
Properties
Set the caption options for the current selection.
Category
Select the caption category, or type a name to create a new category. The category text appears before or after the caption number, depending on the setting in Options. Captions made with a predefined caption category are formatted with a paragraph style with the same name as the category. For example, captions made with the “Illustration” caption category are formatted with the “Illustration” paragraph style.
Numbering
Select the type of numbering that you want to use in the caption. The selection is also applied to any previous captions in the category.
After number
Enter optional text characters to appear between numbering and category. Only active when is selected for in Options.
Before caption
Enter optional text characters to appear after the caption category and number and before the caption text. These characters are not inserted if no caption text is given.moved help id to here
Position
Adds the caption above or below the selected item. This option is only available for some objects.
Options
Opens the Options dialog, where it is possible to customize the appearance of the caption label.
AutoCaption
Opens the AutoCaption dialog. This is the same dialog you get by . Changes to this dialog do not affect the inserted caption for the current selection.