But it doesn't all work well in an Appendix. The built-in Heading styles have all kinds of 'magic' properties: they can be used to number Figures or Tables, refer to those Figures or Tables, build tables of contents, tables of figures and so on. But they don't cope well with Appendixes. Word's built-in heading styles (Heading 1, Heading 2 and so on) are terrific for numbering headings in your document. Only then can you create a cross-reference to these captions in the text. Use Heading 6 to 9 styles for the Appendix.Ĭreate a new label (Figure_Apx) to number captions for figures in your Appendix. Use Heading 1 to 5 styles for the main body of the document. Use the built-in heading styles to number headings and figures in an Appendix