The figure numbering is messed up on my document because so many people have edited it incorrectly. Now every time I want to update it or insert a figure it is ridiculous what I have to do. So instead of trying to figure out what is wrong, I would like to do this: I have removed the figure numbering and the captions from the document. So now my document has un-labeled figures. I have the captions text still, but they are not numbered. It is just a plain-text list. This is what I want to do:

loop through the pictures in my document (and the caption text list) and add an official caption to each picture that just says "Figure x: <caption x text>"

basically, I have 200 pictures, and a corresponding list of 200 captions. I want the captions to be numbered and placed as official numbered captions on the pictures.

and I also want to be able to generate a dynamic figure table of contents based on the figures. by dynamic, I just mean it is generated from the actual figures/captions in the document and has the correct page number, and can be clicked to jump to the actual figure.

I will then protect the document with my life and be the only one allowed to update it. I will update it correctly so that everything updates cleanly.

Please help me. I am actually a programmer but I don't know the first thing about VBA. Please include where I should place the captions list, and then the code to access it and loop through it