TOC with figure headings not whole caption

[hjm6]

I am writing my thesis and need to insert a list of figures (and
tables) with titles, not just the caption number or the whole caption.
However, if I insert table of figures I only have the option to insert
the number only or the entire thing.

If I try renaming my caption text so it's a different style to
'caption' it still recognises it as caption text unless I put it on the
next line! Which I don't want to do.

I see there is an option under Insert>reference>index&tables> options
'build table of figures from' but I don't really understand what this
is supposed to do (but I have a feeling the answer is there!).

Any ideas gratefully received,

Thanks,

Hazel

 

[Stefan Blom]

Press the ¶ button on the Standard toolbar to toggle the display of
nonprinting marks. Paragraph marks will display as ¶ symbols. Press
Enter to split the paragraph at the desired location. Format the
paragraph mark between paragraphs as hidden (in Format | Font). That
way, it would appear to be in the same paragraph, but it wouldn't be
included in the table of figures.

Figure 1 Figure text here. ¶ <-- Format as hidden.
More figure text follows here.

In Print Preview (or in Print Layout with hidden text turned off), you
would see the following:

Figure 1 Figure text here. More figure text follows here.

The Table of Figures Options dialog box allows you to select a
paragraph style from which Word should generate figure captions.
Assuming that you created your captions via Insert | Reference |
Caption, you don't need that option.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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