It is probably a pandoc issue.

but would it be possible that the 
```yaml
tbl-cap-location: top
fig-cap-location: top
```
work for docx output?

For the moment, they don't have any effect.
cscheid
2022-08-30T18:32:32Z
olivroy
bug crossref tables docx
v1.4
open
Add possibility to change the table, figure captions (docx)
https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/2221