Styling Captions

I have a caption setup with a numbered list and the word "figure" beforethe numbering (this is set in the paragraph sytle, not in the caption setup). The result is something like "Figure 1-1 This is a sample picture"
- I can't seem to style the "Figure X-X" independent of the text that is in the metadata For example, I want "Figure X-X" to be bold while "This is a sample picture" is to be regular.
- The metada sytle has a default other than "none". Any idea how I can change this to just "none" by default?

Actually, I didn't notice it before, but there is a specific sytle associated with the "Figure X-X". This is separate from the metadata text. By doing this, no manual modification is necessary.

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Message was edited by: W_Bell

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