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Altering the formatting of the figure caption leader
Hi! I'm writing a Word document, and I've been struggling with formatting the figure captions. If I use the "Insert Caption" feature, it adds a caption formatted like this:
Figure 1: Caption text here.
I would like to alter the format so that the "Figure 1:" part is bolded, while the rest of the caption isn't, like this:
Figure 1: Caption text here.
However, if I change the "Caption" style to make it bold, it bolds the entire caption, not just the "Figure 1:" part, and if I try highlighting. How can I change the formatting in Word so that the "Figure 1:" part is bolded, while the rest isn't?
Also, when I use the "Insert Table of Figures" function, it lists the entire caption. Is there a way to have it only list the "title" of the figure in that table, such as:
Figure 1: A figure of a dog.................1
instead of:
Figure 1: A figure of a dog. A lengthy description of the dog....................1
Thank you for your help!
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To insert the title of the chart, insert the chart through the Insert tab Chart function, right-click on the chart and select Add Title, enter Figure 1: and then press the space bar to enter the description of the chart. To format the title, you need to select the Figure 1: part, and then press the Bold button in the Start tab to bold the text of the part, and the description part of the chart will keep the default formatting.
