A valid question but the aim is to have all title pages on a right hand page. For that reason I've used the 'start new chapter on odd page' option. There are only a handful of blank pages prior to titles pages which is why it makes sense to fill them with images that correspond to the title pages (the first page of the new chapter). Really i'd love to overide the 'start new chapter on odd page' where needed but I can't seem to find a way of doing it.

Worse case scenario I guess I will have to remove the odd page chapter start option and do that part manually.... not ideal though!

Well I've given that a go Peter but still no joy.

I was not clear about the 'start new chapter on odd page' option (sorry about that). What i meant was the Book Page Numbering Options where I have selected the 'continue on next odd page' option with the insert blank page checked.

This creates the correct method for the book some (not all) of the chapters technically start on a left page (which is in fact the last page of the preceeding document). Moving pages under these conditions doesn't work.

I've spent most of the day/evening looking for a solution and I really can't find a work around that allows me to do what i need.

I think there is still an air of confustion here Peter. Probably caused by a clouded explination on my part. I fully agree that for the purpose of getting the pictures to show on the left hand page before the title page that your methord works. The problem is with the automatic figure numbering that I want. When you move a page to the end of a chapter it automatically belongs to that chapter. Say I Chapter 2 has 4 pictures on it, using the automated list I can make the captions work by using the ^H in the auto list. The result will be captions that have Fig 2.1, Fig 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4.... all good. You then reach that final page of the chapter that has been moved from Chapter 3.... this has 2 pictures on it that 'should' belong to chapter 3 and hence Fig 3.1, 3.2. Instead the ^H brings through 2.1, 2.2 (because those pictures are in fact still in chapter 2).

I'll keep trying but I don't think it is possible to do without manually captioning. That is unless you can mark that last page of a document as a section and pull through the section number as a prefix in an auto list?

All good points guys and thank you for your input.

Peter G - I'll take a look at the cross-reference idea but I have my suspicions that the chapters will end up changing as the person i'm doing this for is not entirely fixed on the final book content.

Peter S - I take your point but with 250+ images in the book and captions/fig. numbers needed for all it just seems to make sense to use auto numbering. That way should the author want to slot one into the book somewhere I don't have to re-write 250 fig. numbers.

Michael I'd given that some thought but I don't see how having an entire book on one document would help as a document can only have one chapter.... for that reason I'd be forced to use sections for the actual chapters and hence again I'd not be able to auto number the captions? Likewise if I added a large photo into a chapter it would potentially shift chapter starts to a left page (assuming the 'continue on next odd page' boook option is not available on a single document). All in all it seems uncomfortable not using the book feature for a book?

The frustration is that the book function is working flawlessly for everything and if the ageed layout aloud just a blank page before a chapter start (with not pictures and hence no captions/fig. numbers) it would be no problem.