Adobe InDesign CC 2015 - Manual (Page 286)

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Note: When you generate a live caption that displays a long string of text, such as a Description, the caption does not break
across lines because it is a variable. If a caption is compressed into a single line, consider converting a live caption to a static
caption. To convert a live caption to a static caption, select the live caption and choose Object > Captions > Convert To
Static Caption.
You can also generate a static caption while placing an image. In the Place dialog box, select Create Static Captions, and
then place the caption text frame after placing the image.
Specify caption setup options
Use the Captions Settings dialog box to determine the content and formatting of captions you generate. These captions
affect only future captions you generate, not existing captions.
1 Choose Object > Captions > Caption Settings.
2 Choose the metadata you want to include, and specify the text that appears before and after the metadata.
3 To include multiple rows of metadata, click the plus sign icon.
4 Specify the following options, and click OK.
Text Before / Text After The text that appears before or after the specified metadata.
Metadata Choose the metadata option, such as Description or City, from the list.
Alignment Specify where to place the caption in relation to the image.
Offset Specify how far apart the caption text is from the edge of the text frame next to the image.
Paragraph Style Specify a paragraph style to apply to the caption text. If you want the caption to include automatic
numbering, such as “Figure 1,” “Figure 2,” and so on, include the numbering in the paragraph style. See Create
running captions for figures and tables .
Layer Specify to which layer the caption belongs.
Group Caption With Image Indicate whether the image frame and caption text frame are grouped.
Create captions using variables
When a text frame containing a caption variable is adjacent to or grouped with an image, the caption variable displays
the metadata of that image.
A Text frame with caption variable not next to image B Text frame moved next to image
1 If necessary, define the caption variable you want to use. See Define caption variables .
2 Create the text frame to be used for the caption.