How to fix a truncated caption window

Leticia Cordova 0 Reputation points
2025-11-19T22:27:25.73+00:00

Hello,

I am having an issue with a truncated caption window and I cannot see the figure number. I tried adjusting the scaling and that did not work. I tried clicking on numbering again and that did not work. Is there any fix you can share with me to fix this. I really want to be able to see the figure number in the caption window. Thank you

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Jay Freedman 208.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2025-11-20T00:12:32.8033333+00:00

Your comment about changing the justification (actually the paragraph alignment, which is apparently set to Centered in the Paragraph settings of the Caption style) is correct. The only way to have the complete Figure and number appear in the dialog is to change the Caption style's paragraph setting to have Left alignment.

If you do this when you start adding captions to the document, the Figure and number will always appear at the left edge of the box. When you've entered all the captions, you can change the Caption style back to using Centered alignment, and all the captions will immediately change to being centered.

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  1. Charles Kenyon 172K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2025-11-19T22:43:05.7333333+00:00

    AFAIK, there is no way to resize the dialog.

    The AI answer is mostly nonsense. Sorry.

    The number is provided by a SEQ field.

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    After you click on OK to insert the Caption can you see the number?

    Truncated how? Could you attach a screenshot to show us what you are seeing?

    Some of my references on Captions that likely do not address this issue:

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