Adding a table of tables element

If you have many tables in your document, you can create a table that contains the captions of those elements to ease navigation.

Before you begin

Add captions to your tables:

Procedure

  1. Perform one of the following steps:
    • In the Palette view, select the Table of Tables icon Table Of Tables element and drag it into the template content editor.
    • In the template content editor, right-click the place to insert an element, and select Insert > Table of Tables icon Table Of Tables.
    • In the Outline view, right-click Content, and then select Insert > Table of Tables icon Table Of Tables.
  2. Select the table of tables element.
  3. Modify the table of tables properties in the Properties view.
  4. Click File > Save As or click the Save icon to save your changes.

Creating a table of tables without sequential numbering in Microsoft Word output

When you create a tables of tables with table captions and generate Microsoft Word output, the result is a list of table captions with sequential numbering before each one. Instead, you can structure your template using Text elements rather than table captions to create captions that do not have sequential numbering with them.

About this task

Complete one of these tasks to avoid sequential numbering in Microsoft Word tables of tables like this example:
Table of tables output in Microsoft Word with sequential numbering

Procedure

  1. Create a caption style:
    1. In the Outline view, right-click Styles and click Insert > New Style. The New Style Wizard opens and you can click Next.
    2. Enter a Style name. Example: TOTCaptionStyle
    3. Select the style properties. Example: Expand text > font, select font size, and click Style icon. Click Next.
    4. Select the values for the style properties you selected. Example: Expand text > font, select font size, and in the property value column, enter 10. Click Next.
    5. Review the summary of your selections and click Finish.
  2. Add a Table of tables element icon Table of tables element to the template and add a script for the caption style:
    1. In the Palette view, select Table of tables icon Table of Tables and drag it into the template content editor.
    2. Select the table of tables element.
    3. In the Properties view, select the Specific tab.
    4. For the TOC code property, click the ellipses and enter \h \z \t "style_name" \c Example: \h \z \t "TOTCaptionStyle" \c
  3. Add Table element icon Table elements to the template and create the table captions for each table:
    1. In the Palette view, select the Table element icon Table element and drag it into the template content editor. Enter the number of rows and columns for the table and click OK.
    2. After each table element, add a Text element icon Text element.
    3. Select the text element.
    4. In the Properties view, select the Content tab.
    5. For the Content property, enter the caption text for the table. Example: Table #1
    6. Select the General tab.
    7. For the Style name property, enter the name of style you created in step 1. Example: TOTCaptionStyle
    8. Repeat steps 3.c to 3.g to edit the properties for each text element you added.
  4. Click File > Save As or click the Save icon to save your changes.

Results

Table of tables output in Microsoft Word without sequential numbering

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