diff --git a/docs/architecture/ribbon.md b/docs/architecture/ribbon.md
index a0a1186..23007a3 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/ribbon.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/ribbon.md
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ at every height. A flex row cannot reserve width in part of its height, so it mo
 - **A reused picker anchors its panel itself**, and no prop says when it opened. `pinPanels`,
   one action on the band, watches for a mounted absolutely-positioned node and pins that; the
   ColorPicker places its own and only needs the band-aware top.
+- **Insert caption sits in three tabs**: References, where both products keep it, plus the
+  picture/shape and Table Layout contextual tabs, which are open anyway when you caption
+  something. Each mounts its own `CaptionDialog`; it reads the caret for its category, so the
+  copies need no props of their own.
 - **Each wrapper names the menu it owns.** One shared open-menu id means every `clickOutside`
   sees every mousedown; without the id each wrapper would close a sibling's open menu, and the
   click on one of its rows would never land.
diff --git a/src/lib/components/ribbon/tabs/FrameTabs.svelte b/src/lib/components/ribbon/tabs/FrameTabs.svelte
index 1230354..499feff 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/ribbon/tabs/FrameTabs.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/ribbon/tabs/FrameTabs.svelte
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   import RibbonButton from '../RibbonButton.svelte';
   import ColorPicker from '../../ColorPicker.svelte';
   import ShapePicker from '../../ShapePicker.svelte';
+  import CaptionDialog from '../../CaptionDialog.svelte';
   import type { WrapMode } from '../../../editor/extensions/image';
   import type { ShapeKind } from '../../../editor/extensions/textBox';
   import { t } from '../../../i18n/i18n.svelte';
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@
     { key: 'topBottom', icon: 'wrapTopBottom', label: () => t().image.wrapTopBottom },
   ];
 
+  let captionOpen = $state(false);
+
   function setWrap(w: WrapMode) {
     if (which === 'picture') editor?.chain().focus().setImageWrap(w).run();
     else editor?.chain().focus().setTextBoxAttrs({ wrap: w }).run();
@@ -41,6 +44,21 @@
   {/each}
 </RibbonGroup>
 
+<div class="ribbon-sep"></div>
+
+<!-- Also in the References tab, where both products keep it — but that is a tab away
+     from the object it captions, and this one only shows while that object is selected. -->
+<RibbonGroup label={t().ribbon.groups.captions}>
+  <RibbonButton
+    variant="big"
+    icon="caption"
+    label={t().ribbon.insertCaption}
+    title={t().caption.title}
+    disabled={!editor}
+    onclick={() => (captionOpen = true)}
+  />
+</RibbonGroup>
+
 {#if which === 'picture'}
   <div class="ribbon-sep"></div>
 
@@ -113,6 +131,8 @@
   </RibbonGroup>
 {/if}
 
+<CaptionDialog bind:open={captionOpen} {editor} />
+
 {#snippet fillIcon()}<span class="swatch" style="background: {fillColor ?? 'transparent'}"></span>{/snippet}
 {#snippet strokeIcon()}<span class="swatch outline" style="border-color: {strokeColor ?? 'currentColor'}"></span>{/snippet}
 
diff --git a/src/lib/components/ribbon/tabs/TableTabs.svelte b/src/lib/components/ribbon/tabs/TableTabs.svelte
index c6bc0f6..e727fae 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/ribbon/tabs/TableTabs.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/ribbon/tabs/TableTabs.svelte
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   import TableSplitDialog from '../../TableSplitDialog.svelte';
   import TableSortDialog from '../../TableSortDialog.svelte';
   import TableFormulaDialog from '../../TableFormulaDialog.svelte';
+  import CaptionDialog from '../../CaptionDialog.svelte';
   import { captionClicks, anchored, clickOutside, isMenuOpen, toggleMenu, closeMenu } from '../menu.svelte';
   import { isHeaderStyled } from '../../../editor/extensions/tableHeaderRow';
   import { DEFAULT_CELL_PADDING, parseCellPadding, type CellPadding } from '../../../editor/extensions/tableCellPadding';
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@
     which: 'design' | 'layout';
   } = $props();
 
+  let captionOpen = $state(false);
+
   function run(cmd: (chain: ChainedCommands) => ChainedCommands) {
     if (!editor) return;
     cmd(editor.chain().focus()).run();
@@ -302,8 +305,25 @@
       onclick={() => setNumberRecognition(!numberRecognition())}
     />
   </RibbonGroup>
+
+  <div class="ribbon-sep"></div>
+
+  <!-- Also in the References tab, where both products keep it — but that is a tab away
+       from the table it captions, and this one only shows while the caret is in one. -->
+  <RibbonGroup label={t().ribbon.groups.captions}>
+    <RibbonButton
+      variant="big"
+      icon="caption"
+      label={t().ribbon.insertCaption}
+      title={t().caption.title}
+      disabled={!inTable}
+      onclick={() => (captionOpen = true)}
+    />
+  </RibbonGroup>
 {/if}
 
+<CaptionDialog bind:open={captionOpen} {editor} />
+
 {#snippet shadeIcon()}<span class="shade-glyph"></span>{/snippet}
 
 <style>
diff --git a/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts b/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts
index 60ac56c..74aa8e1 100644
--- a/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts
+++ b/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts
@@ -773,6 +773,7 @@ const de: Messages = {
       arrange: 'Anordnen',
       shapeStyles: 'Formenarten',
       accessibility: 'Barrierefreiheit',
+      captions: 'Beschriftungen',
       editing: 'Bearbeiten',
     },
     case: {
diff --git a/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts b/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts
index 5bd2f74..8e3f2ac 100644
--- a/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts
+++ b/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts
@@ -779,6 +779,7 @@ const en = {
       arrange: 'Arrange',
       shapeStyles: 'Shape Styles',
       accessibility: 'Accessibility',
+      captions: 'Captions',
       editing: 'Editing',
     },
     case: {