Add a Caption to a Table in Word

This how to explains how you can add captions for Microsoft Word tables like you see on tutorial screen shots, text books with diagrams and so forth.

Steps

1. Select the table you want to add the caption to.
2. Right-click and select Caption from the context menu that appears. The Caption dialog box appears.
3. If the Caption dialog box does not appear, click Insert, point to Reference and then select Caption.
4. In the Caption dialog box, enter a caption for the table in the Caption box.
5. Select an appropriate label you want to use (Table, Figure or Equation) from the Label drop-down box.
6. Specify the position where you would like the caption to appear in the Position dialog box (above or below the table).
7. If you want the captions to be numbered automatically, click on the Numbering tab in the Caption dialog box.
8. Click OK.

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