HOW TO AUTO-GENERATE THE LIST OF FIGURES USING MS WORD

HOW TO AUTO-GENERATE THE LIST OF FIGURES:

Having done the page breaking and inserting different page formats in your document, you can/should now arrange your document. E.g. Acknowledgements, Abstract, Table of contents,…CHAPTER1 , CHAPTER 2 etc. to be on separate pages.

Steps

Inserting Captions:

Ø  Click the first figure (Image, Graph, Illustration, Chart etc.) that you want to insert in the List of figures & illustrations. In the Document Formatting (From Scratch) Template, I selected-the Graph titled “Projected Revenue From Inverter Sales Yr1”

Ø  From the MS Word Toolbar,>Click On References

Ø  Insert Caption

Ø  In the Caption box, after typing: and leaving a space, Type some short Descriptive words in the text box. From the template , I typed “: Projected Revenue From Inverter Sales Yr1”

Ø  Ok

At this juncture the descriptive words will appear below the referenced figure.

Ø  Repeat the same to all figures in your document. (The second Figure from Document Formatting (From Scratch) Template, was the “Model of the inverter”

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Inserting the List of Figures:

Ø  After Inserting the Captions, Place your cursor below the area that you want to insert your List of Figures. In the Document Formatting (From Scratch) Template, I placed the cursor just below the descriptive words of the List of figures & illustrations.

Ø  Click >References

Ø  Insert Table of Figures

Ø  Ok.

At this stage, An auto-generated List of Figures will appear from the point you had placed your cursor.

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