thanks for the info!
so I prefer the in-line captions because they create less white space and that's how the majority of the ones in this document are set up.

I'm trying to convert the text box captions into in-line captions. Based on your info, if I change the format of the image to "inline" or "square" I should be able to control the type of caption that is created for it, correct?

it doesn't seem to be working. if I remove the caption, change the image format to inline, then make a new caption, it still shows up as a text box.

any suggestions?

thanks again