Microsoft KB Archive/212235

= WD2000: Error Message: "Error! No Table of Figures Entries Found" =

Article ID: 212235

Article Last Modified on 12/6/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q212235





SYMPTOMS
When you create or update a table of figures, the resulting table of figures may be missing some entries. If Microsoft Word finds no entries to use in the table of figures, the following error message appears:

Error! No table of figures entries found.



CAUSE
When Word builds a table of figures, it looks for captions only in the text layer. Word ignores any captions that appear in the drawing layer. For example, if you insert a caption for a floating object, the caption is automatically placed in a text box in the drawing layer. Therefore, any captions that appear in text boxes are ignored when the table of figures is built or updated.



WORKAROUND
To insert captions so that they are included in a table of figures, use one of the following methods.

Method 1
If the figure and caption are not already in the document, insert the figure as an inline object.
 * 1) Click the picture.
 * 2) On the Format menu, click Picture, and then click the Layout tab.
 * 3) To change a floating picture to an inline picture, click In line with text under Wrapping style.
 * 4) Insert the caption as usual.

Method 2
If you already inserted captions into text boxes, you can convert the text boxes into frames.

When you convert this drawing object to a frame, some of the drawing object's formatting may be lost.
 * 1) Select the text box.
 * 2) On the Format menu, click Text Box, and then click the Text Box tab.
 * 3) Click Convert to Frame.
 * 4) Click OK.



MORE INFORMATION
In versions of Microsoft Word prior to Word 97, the ability to insert a caption in a text box was not available.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB212235

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