In reply to MG:
Figure in figure box, caption in text box, anchor both to page using the format layout > advanced option.
Or, if you value your sanity, just give up. Let everything float or put text and captions on one page each at the end of the document and insert them in the text body only once no more changes are required.
Even then, I sometimes found it necessary to do the final layout in OpenOffice. Some figures refuse to be tied in place (especially when moving documents bewteen different versions of word for mac) and word will inevitably move them into the footer.
DonĀ“t even get me started on different versions of formula editor!
Latex unfortunately is not an option, too many collaborators on the documents to get everyone to adopt that approach.
CB