I have a document in Google Docs which has a lot of images numbered sequentially. Every time I add a new image in the middle of the document I have to renumber all the image numbers along the document along with its references. How could I renumber the following images automatically, like we can do in LibreOffice using variables?
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so far it is not possible. You could take a look at Google Apps Scripts to create a macro that does that: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/
I've just finished creating a Google Docs Add-on (https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3641454?hl=en) that can number images and tables. It is going through the process of certification by Google and I hope to publish it soon :)
Regards

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9Did your add-on ever make it through? I'd be interested in this as well. – dorien Apr 01 '16 at 10:19
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1seems to be here: Captionizer by Filipe Werneck https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/captionizer/deemabgnpoamameafiackibdmgbloimo?utm_source=permalink – Yoga Feb 09 '18 at 02:58
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@Yoga link broken – Cătălina Sîrbu Apr 04 '21 at 09:24
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And I can't find the way of numbering images - help – Cătălina Sîrbu Apr 04 '21 at 09:26
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Updated link: https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/captionizer/190342451111 – Yoga May 20 '21 at 16:02
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1The app is blocked by Google, apparently because it accessed sensitive information. – MERose May 29 '22 at 14:46
You can use Crossref. The way it works is that you higlight the text referring to a figure, which can be anything e.g. "Figure n" as the add on will replace it.
You then use Ctrl + K to make this into a link to a non existent bookmark such as "#figur_heights" where you can put any text you like after the "#figur_..." Do that for all the figures in the document and when you refer to a figure use an identical non existent bookmark, except it starts as "#fig_..." e.g. "#fig_heights". In this way it can number the figures consecutively and use matching numbers for the in text references.
Finally you then need to go to Add ons > Crossref > Update and it will go through and update all the text for those bookmarks to the sequentially numbered Figure 1, Figure 2 etc. You need to do that whenever you change the order of the figures in your document, add a new reference etc, anything that will change the way the figures are numbered.

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I have not been able to make it work, it just init and makes nothing – Jonathan Arias Nov 07 '20 at 05:04
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Did you create the text for the figures and link them to the nonexistent bookmarks? – Robert Walker Nov 10 '20 at 03:00