Showing posts with label MS Word. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MS Word. Show all posts

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

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

How to copy styles from one document to other in MS Word


  1. Click File.
  2. Click Options.
  3. Click Customize Ribbon.
  4. Select Main Tabs from Choose commands from drop down box.
  5. Select Developer.
  6. Click Add.
  7. Click Ok.
  8. Open Developer Tab from the Ribbon.
  9. Click Document Template.
  10. Click Organizer.
  11. Click Close File from the right side.
  12. Click Open File from the right side. A file open dialogue box will appear.
  13. Select All Word Documents from the File Type drop down box near Open button. All the documents will now appear in the main box from where you can select the document which has the style(s) you want in current document.
  14. Select the source document and click Open and all the styles in source document get listed in the right side box of the Organizer.
  15. Select one or more styles from the right side box and and click Copy. You may need to overwrite some styles.
  16. Click Close at the bottom-right.
  17. Notice that the copied styles are there in your Style box.
  18. Apply and enjoy.

If you want to use all styles of a MS Word document in other, better save the document as a blank document and get going. This method in particular is useful when you want to use some styles from other document.


Prashant V Shrivastava

How to link Header with H1 Style in MS Word

  1. Click Insert Tab from the MS word ribbon.
  2. Click Header.
  3. Click Edit Header.
  4. Click Quick Parts.
  5. Select Field.
  6. Select StyleRef from the Field name box.
  7. Select the Header 1 style from the Style name box.
  8. Click Ok.

All your H1 headings will begin from a new page and the heading will automatically get inserted at the Header where you had kept cursor in the step 3.


Prashant V Shrivastava