When using References > Insert Table of Figures, I can manipulate it using Paragraph > Indentation > Hanging. However, I couldn't make it similar to the figure below.
Jump to Making a simple Table of Figures - Once you have some 'figures' captioned in the document you can make a reference table of them. The “Caption label” drop down list allows you to select which type of caption (a.
Any suggestion how to format the list of figures in Word 2016 to look like the figure below? I'm using Word 2016.
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Any suggestion how to format the list of figures in Word 2016 to look like the figure below?
You can do this with style and tab definitions in the Table of Figures style and then some manual direct formatting. I am not aware of any other way to do this.
Adjust the Table of Figures style to include a Paragraph Indentation with a Hanging indent. (You already said you did that)
Add two tab settings to the style. One for where you want the figure description to start. This should be a Left set tab. The second tab to set is a Right tab and place it at the right margin. This one is important for the auto fill of the list to work properly.
Perform both #1 and #2 of this process using the Modify button on the Table of Figures dialog.
After creating the list you will have to manually insert a Tab between the Figure Number and the Description. You will also have to manually Bold each Figure label.
The example in the question shows the description text as justified left and right. This will have to be done manually by selecting the text and using the Justify (Ctrl + J) function of Word. You will also have to add manual line breaks if the description flows farther than you want.
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How can I include only part of an image caption in a table of figures in Microsoft Word?
For my dissertation I am writing long captions on all my figures. This makes my table of figures very awkward, as each entry covers multiple lines. How can I specify a part of the caption to be included in the table of figures?
It turns out the solution to this problem in Word 2003 and later is to use something called “style separators”. Style separators are hidden characters that are functionally paragraph separators, but they don't cause a line break; like this:
The quick brown fox│̲̅¶̲̅│jumps over the lazy dog.¶
They allow a paragraph —or rather, what appears to be a single paragraph —to have multiple paragraph styles. This is analogous to the way a “section break (continuous)”is a section separator that doesn't cause a page break,thus allowing a page to have multiple section formats.
Firstly, make sure you have enabled viewing hidden characters.
To insert a style separator in Word 2007 use the keystrokes Ctrl+Alt+Enter, or add the “Style separator” command to the Quick Access Toolbar from the “All Commands” set (or the “Commands Not in the Ribbon” set). When you insert a style separator, it will be added at the end of the paragraph in which the cursor is placed. Move it to the point at which you would like your caption to be split.
Or, in other words (or not?), at least in Word 2013 and 2016,“insert style separator” is a misnomer. This function (shortcut/button)simply changes the following paragraph marker(at the end of the current paragraph)from a standard paragraph mark into a style separator,thus joining two paragraphs into what looks like a single paragraph. The best way to work with this might be to type Enterwhere you want to break the paragraph,then click to the left of the new paragraph mark and use the shortcut.
Don't forget to select all (Ctrl+A) and then update field codes F9 to make sure your changes get propagated into the table of figures.
Its a bit late now, but I figured out a way to have this in the boxes as well. Ctrl + Alt + Enter does not work for figure (or table) captions that are placed inside a box. A workaround for this is to create one in normal text and then copy and paste it for the captions inside the box. It should work.
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