CaptionLabel Property

Applies To

AutoCaption object.

Description

Returns or sets the caption label ("Figure," "Table," or "Equation," for example) of the specified caption. Read/write Variant.

Note This property can be set to a string or a WdCaptionLabelID constant.

See Also

BuiltIn property, ID property, Name property.

Example

This example displays the name ("Microsoft Excel Worksheet," for example) and caption label ("Figure," for example) for each item that has a caption added automatically when inserted.

For Each myCaption In AutoCaptions
    If myCaption.AutoInsert = True Then MsgBox myCaption.Name & _
        vbCr & "Label = " & myCaption.CaptionLabel.Name
Next myCaption

This example sets the caption label for Word tables to "Table" and then inserts a new table immediately after the selection.

With AutoCaptions("Microsoft Word Table")
    .AutoInsert = True
    .CaptionLabel = wdCaptionTable
End With
Selection.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
ActiveDocument.Tables.Add Range:=Selection.Range, NumRows:=2, _
    NumColumns:=3