Introducing captions, dynamic cross-references, table of tables and figures, and more in Zoho Writer

Easily ensure that your documents—reports, manuals, research papers, or thesis—are neatly structured and easy to navigate.

We are happy to roll out the ability to add captions; table of tables, figures, and equations; and cross references, which are some of the most requested features in Zoho Writer. You can now easily provide enhanced contextual clarity and also simplify navigation for your readers. Here are a few highlights of the new capabilities.

Captions

Provide context for the elements, such as images, tables, charts, and diagrams, used in your documents by adding appropriate numbered labels for them. Besides quickly launching the Captions dialog using the slash (/) command, here are a few other nifty options that help you to insert and manage captions easily.

Add captions

Easily insert captions along with the desired descriptions in your documents. While adding captions, you can also choose the style and separator type to make them seamlessly blend in with the design of your document.

Add custom captions

Besides the standard captions—figures, tables, and diagrams—you can also add customized captions. For example, you can add Revenue Charts as a new caption type in your annual sales report.

Auto-add and auto-reorder captions

Simply turn on the Auto-caption mode to add captions when you insert images, tables, charts, and equations. Furthermore, when you insert a caption before before an existing one in your document, all subsequent captions will be automatically renumbered to reflect the new order.

Change caption style in bulk

You can apply your preferred style to all captions across the document at once, to ensure consistency, from the Style field in the Format tab.

Link to captions

Enable users to navigate to the a specific caption from anywhere on the document by hyperlinking any text to the required caption. Enhance accessibility, improve contextual clarity, and avoid confusion by allowing readers to easily locate the exact images or charts related to each section. 

Learn more about captions in Zoho Writer.

Table of figures, tables, and equations

List all the figures, tables, and equations used in your document instantly, along with their corresponding page numbers, with the Insert Table of Figures option. You can also customize its appearance by choosing from a preset style for the list, the tab leader type, the details that you wish to display, and also whether you wish to hyperlink to the captions from the table.

Learn more about table of tables.

Dynamic cross-references

With cross-references, you can enable your readers to easily navigate to any specific heading, bookmark, footnote, endnote, numbered list, or bookmark from anywhere on the document.

Update cross-references

When a cross-referenced text is modified, you can easily update its value or text in places where it is used in a document. For example, let's say you have cross-referenced to a heading "Captions" in your document and later change it to "Benefits of using captions". Simply go to a place where you've cross-referenced it and hit update to reflect the updated heading there.

Auto-update cross-references while printing or saving as a PDF document

Let's say you modify a cross-referenced text or value, and proceed to print the document or save it as a PDF. The new value will be automatically updated in all places where it is referenced across the document to ensure that you have the updated document in hand. 

Learn more about cross-references in Zoho Writer.

Give the captions and cross-references a try and let us know your thoughts.

Need assistance or have feedback that you wish to share? Just write to support@zohowriter.com and we'll be happy to help.

That's all for now.

Until the next update,

Happy captioning and cross-referencing!