Including graphics in your publication is helpful to readers, but the meaning of a graphic may not be discernable at a glance. If you're trying to solicit an audience for your publication, you'll need to catch the attention of passers-by. If someone glancing at your publication can't discern the meaning of your graphics without reading the text they support, he may not be inclined to read your publication at all. A caption is a brief comment that accompanies a pictorial illustration. In this article, we'll show you how to add captions beneath graphics in your Word publications.
Captions add meaning to supporting graphics.
The easiest way to add a caption beneath a picture is to place it in a text box. If you're using Word 95, you can place the caption and picture in a frame. The text box acts as a container and ensures that the picture and the caption stay together no matter where you move the text box. All you need to do is insert a text box anywhere in your document. Then you insert the picture in the text box and size it to your specifications.