Figure number changes to odd numbers

Hope someone can help....

I have a big document with lots of figures. After figure 27, the next figure should be 28, but it is 29 and the rest of the figures after are odd numbers also.

Any one seen this and can HELP??

Thanks in advance !

Are you tracking changes?

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"jo" wrote in message
...
Hope someone can help....

I have a big document with lots of figures. After figure 27, the next
figure should be 28, but it is 29 and the rest of the figures after are odd
numbers also.

Any one seen this and can HELP??

Thanks in advance !

No, track changes are not on.

The group that I work with thinks (they are not sure) that this document was done in ileaf or some other program and was converted to word. I noticed right after figure caption 27, on a few lines down that I cannot select the numbering (1, 2, 3 etc) on the toolbar (it is gray). Would there be a hidden something or other there?

For the time being we just broke the automatic links and fixed the hard typed figure numbers and callouts....... what a mess !

thanks for any suggestions. I'm not sure how to explain this document...

Hi Jo

How are the figure numbers created? There are two possibilities: they are a
field, or they are automatic paragraph numbering. To find out, click in or
near one of the figure numbers and do Alt-F9. If the numbering is created as
a field, then Alt-F9 will expose any field codes, something like: { SEQ
Figure \* ARABIC } . If the numbering is created as paragraph numbering,
then you won't see any field codes.

Post back and let us know which it is, and, if there are field codes, let us
know what the field codes say.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"jo" wrote in message
...
No, track changes are not on.

The group that I work with thinks (they are not sure) that this document
was done in ileaf or some other program and was converted to word. I
noticed right after figure caption 27, on a few lines down that I cannot
select the numbering (1, 2, 3 etc) on the toolbar (it is gray). Would there
be a hidden something or other there?

For the time being we just broke the automatic links and fixed the hard
typed figure numbers and callouts....... what a mess !

thanks for any suggestions. I'm not sure how to explain this document...