captions and headings

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#1

Hi
I'm working on a document that has chapters+sections 00-01, 00-02, ... 01-01, 01-02, ... etc.
I'd like the figures to be numbered just using the first part, ie figure 00:01, figure 00:02, etc. With numbering running consecutively through all the 00-xx sections; but i can't figure (excuse the pun) out how to do it. A major difficulty is that the caption category doesn't appear to accept spaces or punctuation.
Is there a way around this to achieve what i'd like, or am i perhaps asking a bit too much here?
Thanks
/Gary

#2

Hi Gary,

you can use a variable in the figure caption. At first you should create the related
variable, e.g. "Figure", from the menu Insert->Field->Other. In the Dialog choose
type "Number range" and enter "Figure" as name and "Figure+1" as value. Select format
"Arabic" and level 1. For all the following figures you just choose "Figure" under
Selection.

Karl

#3

Thanks for your reply, Karl, it was useful. I'd already managed to get the "figure" part; your post gave me some clues about where to look for the rest. Unfortunately, I've not been able to find what I want. It now breaks down into 2 parts:
Q1) Is it possible to have "two-tier" numbers on the same line, as I am needing (e.g. 00-01, where the first part represents the chapter number and the second part the section within the chapter?A) I believe it is, by using a combination of variable and cross reference in the heading line; though I haven't tried it yet, so I'm not absolutely certain
Q2) Is it possible to specify a number format for each "tier" (chapter and section) so that I can have each represented as a two-digit number in the document? So far, I have not found a way to do this. There seems to be no way to specify that "leading zeroes" should be included when using a number range variable. Perhaps there is; I just don't know where to look to find out.....
Thanks,/Gary

#4

Hi :slight_smile:
I am not sure if documentation can help with this but here is a link
just in case;
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications

There is also an Faq but again i am not sure if your topic is covered
in enough detail for you
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile: