Field code for total number of <caption>

[StuartR]

I have a custom caption in a Word document, but I guess the same question could be asked about tables, or figures.

Is there a field code I can use to find the total number of captions of this type, or the largest caption number (which is the same thing), so that I can have a sentence that says "This document contains 21 tables" or similar...

[HansV]

See Dynamic word, table, and figure counts in MS Word (unfortunately, it's not https, but the site is OK).

[StuartR]

That makes sense, I'll give it a try. Thank you.

(my browser add-ons automatically redirected me to the https site)

[StuartR]

I tried following this guidance, and it required hidden fields in every single caption, which seems very risky to me - it would be easy to miss one, or to add an extra one.

My caption is called "Recommendation" and I ended up simply adding

{ SET fr { SEQ Recommendation \* ARABIC \c } }
to the end of my document and then using
{ REF fr }
in each place where I needed to put the total number of recommendations. It seems to be working correctly.

[Charles Kenyon]

Remember that you can save a complex field construction like this as AutoText or some other Building Block.

[StuartR]

Thank you Charles