Link the title of a table with the table so they always appear...

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Eric

Hi,

I would like to know if it is possible to link the title
of a table or figure to the table or figure it self so
that they always appear in the same page. If it possible
could you let me know how. Right now in my document the
title of some tables appears in a page and the table in
the next page.Thanks for your help.

Eric,
 
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Eric

Hi,

I have set the "keep with next" option for the caption
format and nothing apparently happens... I have done the
same thing for the Heading Styles (which are "keep with
next" by default) and in some places of my document the
title (Heading) appears on one page and the rest of the
text follows on the following page...

Is there a web page which explains more in details
the "keep with next" option?

Also in my document the title of the tables are before
the table and the title of my graphics are after the
graphic (that's the way our school wants it) If I modify
the caption format to "keep with next" it will only be
good for the tables but not for the graphics...Do I need
to create a new style for the graphics caption?
 
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Margaret Aldis

Hi Eric

The main things to look for if 'keep with next' doesn't work are:

* multi-line paragraphs - these will also need a 'keep lines together' or
Word can meet the 'keep with next' rule by breaking the paragraph
* too many/conflicting page break rules - if every paragraph is a 'keep with
next' Word has to break somewhere
* following item isn't a paragraph (for instance, a table or graphic is set
floating)

As you point out, the 'keep with next' method doesn't work well for captions
under figures. You might want to look at putting the caption and figure
together in a frame (not a text box, and not a Web frame), or if the graphic
is floating you can anchor it to the caption paragraph and lock the anchor
so the two move together.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Another thing Margaret didn't mention is intervening paragraphs. If you are
creating space between the table caption and the table by pressing Enter
twice (thereby inserting an empty paragraph), then, unless that paragraph is
also set to "Keep with next," you haven't accomplished anything. The proper
way to create the space is to add some Space Before to the paragraph.
 
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Margaret Aldis

Good catch - I always forget about this one but I bet the OP is a 'double
enter' typist as that would explain the problem with built-in headings too.
 
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Eric

Hi,

I have removed the empty paragraphs and use the space
before in the Style and everything works fine. Thanks.

Eric,
 
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