table of figures

[Guest]

I want to create a table of figures that displays only part of the caption
that I have created for my figures. For example I only want the first line of
my caption to be displayed in the table of figures. Is this possible?

 

[Stefan Blom]

One way is to break the paragraph at the desired location, by pressing
Enter. Then format the paragraph mark (¶) as hidden. For example:

Figure 5. Figure text ¶ <-- Format paragraph mark as hidden
follows here¶

The task will be easier if you display nonprinting marks; you can use
Ctrl+Shift+8 to toggle their display.

Clear the "Hidden text" option on the Print tab of Tools | Options; this
ensures that the figures will print correctly.

If the table of figures is based on styles rather than on caption
labels, you will also have to apply a different paragraph style to the
paragraph after the break (that is, to the "follows here" paragraph in
my example).

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

A Style Separator can also be used for this. It has the benefit (?) of
remaining hidden even when nonprinting characters are displayed. That said,
I haven't ever had the courage to trust one. <g>

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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[Stefan Blom]

I don't use the style separators either. For me, part of the reason is
that I sometimes use Word 2000, which doesn't support them, and I've
never bothered to test just how backward compatible they are...

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[Henk57]

Dear Tamara:
If you don't want the full caption because the ToF entries don't line
well if the caption spans over two or more lines, there are ways to do
that so you don't need to "cut off" the captions to one lne for that
reason.
However, if you have a lot of explanatory text in the captions and for
this reason you dont want to show them, may be it's an idea to create a
separate style (say "extended caption") that has a similar appearance as
the caption but is not seen by Word as a caption. You need to enter a
paragraph break, and this causes a new line by default. Maybe this is
an alternative to Suzanne's and Stefan's suggestions?