When you have a long document with several figures, you can
create a Table of Figures to get to each one quickly. In Word 2010, it’s easy to create a
Table of Figures, and this guide will show you how to do just that.
First, of course, you need some figures.
They can be photos:
Figure 1. Rainbow outside my
house
They can be illustrations:
Figure 2. Revenues are moving
up.
They can be charts:
Figure 3. Meaningful data to
somebody
Just about anything you may need to illustrate a point. Got the picture?
Figure 4. Happy face with a
camera
The next step is to identify the figures. To do that, make sure the figures, pictures,
charts, etc. have captions. When you
insert the figure, you can right-click on it and from the context menu, select
Insert Caption...
Figure 5. Context menu after
right-clicking picture
After that, you can give your figure a caption and do other
things with it as well.
Figure 6. This pops up after
you choose "Insert Caption..."
Finally, after your figures all have captions, you can
create a Table of Figures. Go to where
you want the table in the document, such as after the Table of Contents. Then
go to the References tab, and in the Captions group you’ll find Insert Table of
Figures, which you can click and the following window will pop up, giving you
many choices.
Figure 7. It's easy to create a Table of Figures
The default will probably be okay most of the time, but as
you use this more often, you’ll find things that will more suit your own style.
Figure 8. Have fun, and don't worry about getting
messy as you practice!
