[Solved] Chapter Reference in Captions

[smccurdy]

Hi,

I have a document (oo 2.3, win XP ) set up as:

Chapter 1: Introduction [heading 1]
Chapter 2: Methods and Materials [heading 1]
...
Chapter 5: Results [heading 1]
Appendix A: Technical Drawings [custom style]

I want the captions for the images and tables under Appendix A to read "Figure A.1: blah" currently they read "Figure 5.1: blah". How to I tell oo that the custom style is the chapter number (ie A) and not the title with heading 1 (ie Chapter 5)?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.

[chromium]

You should use for example Outline level 9 or 10 for your appendixes. At that point, you should have the numbers for figures in the appendix take over the number level of the Appendix.

Some more detail for your case: Tools - Outline Numbering, Number: A; show sublevels: 1, Separator before: "Appendix ".

Now insert the number range: Ctrl+F2, Variables tab, Number range, Level: 9.

[Hagar Delest]

Note that afterwards, you can modify the Content 9 and Content 10 paragraph styles to make them appear like other level styles in the TOC (more aesthetic than sub-levels of Heading 8).

Thanks to add '[Solved]' at beginning of your first post title (edit button) if your issue has been fixed.

[smccurdy]

Thank you very much. I've found another work around that isn't pretty but gets the work done.

Cheers.

[Hagar Delest]

Perhaps you can tell what you've done, it may be useful to other users in the future. Or trigger a better idea.