How to insert figures in a chapter
To prevent graphics from moving around during editing (especially when you are adding or deleting text), please follow the procedure below to make sure they behave properly.
Note: These instructions apply mainly to screenshots and other graphics that are large enough to put between paragraphs of text.
- (optional) Have paragraph marks turned on (helps you to see what's happening).
- Press Enter at the end of a paragraph to create a new blank paragraph. It will probably have the style OOoTextBody.
- Change the paragraph's style to OOoFigure. The paragraph marker should now be centered on the page.
- Insert > Picture > From File to insert the screenshot or other graphic.
- When the graphic comes in, it is selected. Immediately right-click on it and choose Anchor > As Character.
- With the graphic still selected, right-click again and choose Caption. Select Figure as the Category (if it shows anything else in that box) and type the caption. [It is not necessary to choose Caption if Autocaptioning is enabled in the options.]
- Click anywhere outside the frame to deselect it, then click in the caption line and change the paragraph style to OOoFigureCaption.
