Click the object you want to add the caption to, for instance, equation, table, figure, or any other object in your document. If the list does not provide the label you want, click New Label and type ...

Select the Cross-reference button in the Captions group. A Cross-reference dialog box will open. Click the type of item you want to reference in the Reference type list within the dialog box. If you ...

One nice thing about Microsoft Office applications is that they’ve been designed to talk to each other. For example, you can take an Excel chart and place it in a Word document to illustrate a report.