Creating Lists of Figures and Other Lists

If you've used captions in your document for figures, tables, and other elements (see Inserting Captions on page 306), you can create lists of these elements.

Inserting a List Into a Single Document

1. Click where you want to insert the list.

2. Choose Insert > Indexes and Tables > Indexes and Tables.

3. In the Insert Index/Table window, select the Type of list you want to generate.

   • If you used your own paragraph styles for captioning, select User-Defined.

   • If you used Writer's caption tool to enter captions, select Illustration Index or Index of Tables.

4. Enter a Title for the list.

5. Set options in the Index tab. Use Figure 9-30 for guidance.

   Figure 9-30. Setting options for index-type lists

   

6. Set options in the remaining tabs. If you need guidance, the information in Inserting a Table of Contents on page 334 contains similar information.

7. Click OK.

Figure 9-31. Selecting paragraph styles

The list title and items have their own paragraph styles you can modify, just like tables of contents and indexes.

You can also generate lists of objects you've inserted in a document. In the Insert Index window, select the type called Table of Objects, and select the types of objects you want to list (such as Chart, Calc, and so on).

Figure 9-32. Setting options for Illustration Index or Index of Tables

Inserting a List in a Master Document

You can insert one or more lists in a master document.

1. With the master document open, make sure Navigator is open (press the F5 key), and toggle to the master document view in Navigator.

2. In the Navigator window, select the last file of the master document.

3. In Navigator, click and hold down the Insert button, and choose User-Defined Index.

4. In the Type field, select the type of caption list you want to create.

5. Set the options for the list. See the previous section if you need help setting options.

6. Click OK.

7. Select the list item in the Navigator (master document view), and click the Move Up or Move Down buttons to move the list to the desired location in the master document.

All parts of a list have their own paragraph formats that you can modify. Click in a line of the table of contents, and the name of the style is highlighted in the Stylist under paragraph styles.

Formatting and Editing Lists

The principles and procedures for formatting and editing lists are the same as those for formatting and editing a table of contents. See Formatting and Editing a Table of Contents on page 339.

Updating Lists

The procedure for updating lists is the same as that for updating a table of contents. See Updating or Deleting a Table of Contents on page 342.