Microsoft KB Archive/114281

= WD: Custom Caption Labels Not Stored with Document =

Article ID: 114281

Article Last Modified on 1/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q114281



SYMPTOMS
If you define a custom caption label for a document and then delete or rename your NORMAL.DOT template or open the document on another computer, Word for Windows does not display the custom caption names in the Insert Caption dialog box. As a result, you must redefine the custom caption label if you want to insert additional captions in your Word document.

This problem does not affect the three default caption labels (Figure, Equation, and Table), which are part of the Word program, not part of the Normal template.



CAUSE
Even though custom captions are document-specific information, Word stores the custom caption label in your Normal template (NORMAL.DOT). Therefore, if that template is not available, Word has no record of the custom caption labels.



STATUS
We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

