Default text for image captions

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Max Gabler
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Default text for image captions

Unread post by Max Gabler »

Hello,

all image captions in our help project follow this pattern: "Fig. <Figurenumber>: Text for description..."
After inserting a few images in our help project i got annoyed of always having to type the figure counter variable "<%HMFIGURECOUNTER%>" by hand into the image caption field.

I wish there was an option to set a default image caption text like "Fig. <%HMFIGURECOUNTER%>: " or even to choose the variable by mouse click in the image insertion dialog.
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Martin Wynne
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Re: Default text for image captions

Unread post by Martin Wynne »

Hi Max,

Type a unique string each time, such as @@@

Then before publishing do a global Search & Replace for "@@@" and replace with "Fig. <%HMFIGURECOUNTER%>:"

regards,

Martin.
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