How can one create unnumbered captions?

[RogerKni]

Word automatically appends a number when I create a caption using my
user-entered New Label. There seems to be no way to tell it not to do this.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you don't want to number the captions, then's there not much point in
using the Caption feature.

Word automatically appends a number when I create a caption using my
user-entered New Label. There seems to be no way to tell it not to do

this.

 

[RogerKni]

The point of using the Caption feature without numbering is to be able to
create a Table of Figures that autmatically produces page numbers and links
referencing each Figure. Such Figures would be titled only. Many books have
titled, unnumbered Figures and tables of illustrations.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Create a style or manually apply the built-in caption style and, for
each figure, type the text which should be included in a table of
figures. You can create a table of figures from that style, using the
Index and Tables
dialog box.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

As Stefan says, you can create a Table of Figures (or TOC) from any given
style. It doesn't have to be the Caption style, nor does it have to be
created using the Insert | Caption feature. See
http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html. In the Table of Figures
Options, you can check the box for style and select a specific style, or you
can use one or more styles in a TOC.