iBooks Author: Add a title, label, or caption to an object

Add a title, label, or caption to an object

You can add a title or a caption (or both) to any object. A title can have a label, such as Figure or Gallery. You can also create your own labels.

Important:   Labeled items are numbered automatically. If you delete a label’s text and manually type text, the label’s numbering won’t be updated automatically.

Add a title, label, or caption

  1. Select the object.

  2. If the Widget inspector isn’t open, click Inspector in the toolbar, click the Widget Inspector button, and click Layout.

  3. To add a title, select the Title checkbox.

  4. To include an automatically updating label (such as Figure 1), choose an option from the Label pop-up menu.

    If the Label pop-up menu is dimmed, select the Title checkbox.

  5. To add a caption, select the Caption checkbox.

  6. To adjust the spacing of the title and caption (in relation to the object’s outer border), use the Margin controls.

  7. To change the position of the title and caption (in relation to the content and to each other), choose an option from the Layout pop-up menu.

  8. To change a label’s formatting or its numbering style, choose Edit Label Styles from the Label pop-up menu, and choose options from the Label Format and Character Style pop-up menus.

    Note:   If you change an existing label, the label is updated everywhere it appears in the book.
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