Tracking "Figures" in Word 2010 2

[Scott24x7]

I'm working on a large Word Document, and it requires a lot of illustrations, and tables. I'd like to be able to automate keeping track of them and reference to them. For example, if I have "Figure 1 - Photo of Dead Body", "Figure 2 - Photo of Severed Head" in pages 2 and 5, and then lets say a table in "Table 1 - Location of Parts Found", then later I have to go back and in between Figure 1 and Figure 2, add a Figure "Photo of Blood Spatter", I would like it to make that Figure, Figure 2, and Figure 2 becomes Figure 3, and any reference I have made to it in the text:

As you can see in Figure 2, the head was found in the bushes. (Should change that reference to Figure 3 instead).

Is this possible? Or even if it doesn't change 2 to 3 automatically, that if I change the Figure 2 to 3 in the first instance, that it updates other references to that figure?

I hope this makes sense. Oh, and that was just an example off the top of my head. I'm not writing a forensic document.

Best Regards,
Scott

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, and no simpler."

 

[TamarGranor]

Word can handle this for you. Instead of numbering things by hand, when you need to add a figure or caption, use Insert | Reference | Caption and choose the right kind of caption. (I use this enough that I've assigned a hot key to it.)

Then, when you want to refer to one of those items in the document, use Insert | Reference | Cross-reference, so that the reference in the text gets changed if the caption number changes.

Tamar

 

[JRB-Bldr]

If you choose to not do this with Word, and through VFP, then the next question would be how do those image figures get into the Word document?

If VFP is inserting the images, then it should be relatively easy for you to do an analysis of the image files BEFORE they go into the Word document and do whatever you want to do.

However if the images are already in the Word document before VFP gets a chance to 'see' them, then I am not sure how the application could 'know' what images are where.

Good Luck,
JRB-Bldr

 

[Scott24x7]

Hey guys, thanks so much, and I'm sorry, just realized I was on the wrong forum when I posted this, but as you both probably also know I'm a mad VFP fiend, so both these answers are spectacular. Really appreciate it! Thanks very much.
Cheers!

Best Regards,
Scott

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, and no simpler."