Editing a cross reference to a figure in word

The cross reference is always to the caption rather than to the image which is why we see this behaviour.

The easy fix is to position the caption above the figure.

A harder waymight work along the following lines...

When you reach a point in the document preparation that the caption numbers have stopped changing, lock each of the cross-reference fields and then cut each of the graphics (including the paragraph mark) and paste each one into the start of the caption. This will put the graphic inside the hidden bookmark that is used by the cross-reference to provide the link anchor and text content. If the cross-references were then updated they would each include the graphic which is why you need to lock them before you do this step.

This could be automated with a macro very easily.

You could also post-process the PDF to relocate the links to the preferred location. 

Thanks for your tips. The thing is that the caption usually goes bellow the figure, and since I'm writing my thesis, I have to make it that way...

What I'm doing is to add a second caption with a different name, like Illustration, and put it above the figure. Then I'm choosing to exclude the name of the caption, and write Figure before the x.x (caption number) by myself.  Then instead of using the cross reference to the caption figure, I use the caption of Illustration.
So in the end when I'm done, all I have to do is to choose a white color for those secondary’s captions so that they don't appear at the document text... This actually works for me, but I was trying to find a better option...

Best regards