I have read a lot about 'Caption' and auto-numbering and fields (like STYLEREF and SEQ) and can use them. What I can't find is how I tie such numberingto a style - so that injust one step I can apply style (e.g.) 'Figure Cap' to the my caption text and have it:
1) Appear as per the style attributes (font, size, position, etc.) and
2) Have the chapter (or section if I choose) number and sequence number added (i.e. as part of the style definition). It all seems to have to be done in two steps - apply the style, then the numbering. So, for example, I want to apply my defined style 'Figure
Cap' to the text "Where to link numbering to styles" under a schematic/flow chart so that, it being (say) the third schematic in the second section, it immediately appears as ...
Figure 2-3: Where to link numbering to styles
... where 'Figure' is my preset prefix, 2-3 is the automatically added section/sequence number and"Where to link ..."etc is my caption text (to which the style was applied).
This seems such an utterly straightforward requirement but I can find only pages and pages and pages on Word's auto-numbering (like at Heading levels etc.), multi-level numbering, field codes, quick fields, auto-generated headers etc. I just want chapter/sequence
numbering to be part of a style's definition. How hard can that be?