I have never used this feature, but I would have assumed that when you added
the chapter number, the numbers would restart manually after each new
heading at the level used. And in fact that is the way it does work for me
(at least in a small test). If I insert two numbered Heading 1 paragraphs
and use Insert | Reference | Caption to insert a Figure caption after the
first heading (#1), checking "Include chapter number," I get Figure 1.1. If
I then insert a caption after the second heading (#2), it is Figure 2.1.

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"xppuser" wrote in message
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hi again suzanne,

thanks for the affirmation. i guess if i could not get the figures and
tables to be labelled (short of doing it manually one by one) ala Table
1.1,
1.2 and Figure 1.1 , 1.2 for Chapter 1 first and second corresponding
tables
and figures; and Table 2.1, 2.2 and Figure 2.1, 2.2 for Chapter 2 first
and
second tables and figures, i am going stick to sequential running tally of
tables and figures. i think this will look better and more informative
then
to have several figure 1's (albeit in different chapters) etc in the
document.

till next time,
jes