Wednesday, July 1, 2015

How to insert Table of Figures in MS Word Document


  1. Click the image and then right click at it.
  2. Click Insert Caption.
  3. Type the caption for the Figure in the Caption text box.
  4. Ensure that Label drop down under options section below has Figure selected
  5. Select the position of the figure caption as Below selected item or Above selected item.
  6. Click OK.
  7. Repeat steps 1 through 6 for all figures in the document.
  8. Place cursor where you want to insert the Table of Figures.
  9. click REFERENCES tab and click Insert Table of Figures.
  10. Click OK leaving all default options as they are.
  11. Notice that entries in the Table of Figures have appeared.
If you make any changes to any of the figures like adding new figure, removing existing figure, or editing caption of the Figure, you must update the Table of Figure by following steps:
  1. Click anywhere in the Table of Figures.
  2. Right click and then click Update Field.
  3. Select Update entire table.
  4. Notice that the changes you had made to the figures are now reflecting in the Table of Figures with modified captions and page numbers.

Prashant V Shrivastava

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