How to quickly insert and center captions for centered inline tables and figures in Word
By default, Word aligns captions to the left. When you insert a caption for a table or figure, the caption remains left-aligned, requiring you to manually center it each time. This tutorial introduces two easy methods to insert and center captions for centered inline tables and figures efficiently.
Manually insert and center captions
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Manually insert and center captions
In Word, you need to insert captions using the References tab and then manually center them. Follow these steps:
- Click References > Insert Caption.
- In the Caption dialog box, click the
button to choose a label. - Alternatively, use New Label and Numbering to customize the caption, then click OK to insert it.
- Highlight the caption and click the Center button on the Home tab.
button to choose a label.
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Automatically insert centered captions with Kutools for Word
Kutools for Word provides a faster way to insert and center captions for centered inline tables and figures.
- On the Kutools Plus tab, click the Options launcher in the Captions group.
- In the Advanced Caption Options dialog, select Center from the Horizontal drop-down list for the Table and Figure Captions, and click OK.
- Now, to insert a centered caption for a table or picture, just select the table or picture and click Kutools Plus > Insert > Table Caption or Figure Caption.
For more details about the Insert Caption feature in Kutools for Word, visit our Insert Caption page.
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