Ok, I have made a number of tests. I took the Normal.dot file from a machine & specific user, where all the self created Captions can be seen and used in all word documents, onto another machine (renaming the Normal.dot to Normal_orig.dot). After a reboot and starting Word on the second machine, none of the Captions can be seen in any word document loaded, hence cannot be used. Interesting is that the Normal.dot file that was moved is much smaller in size than the Normal.dot file on a third machine where only 3 of the 15 self created Captions can be seen. Is it possible the Captions are not stored in the Normal.dot file as this suggests. Further, are there any other possibilities where the Captions are stored?