How to shorten a caption for a table of figures in Microsoft Word?

This video shows how to separate two styles within the same paragraph in Microsoft Word without making use of a paragraph break (Enter). In this video, this is applied to a figure caption to include only the title and not the description of the figure in the automatic table of figures.

[Benjamin-fuij]

This video is so incredibly underrated, thank you so much! For those mac users for whom the cmd+shift+H hotkey isn't working, just select the text you would like to hide, then hit cmd+D to bring up the dialogue box, and check the "hidden text" box. Worked like a charm!

[adamdymke]

For the people that this isn't working for, I have found the solution.

The Figure text only returns to a single paragraph because the paragraph marker is being hidden. If your default setting allow you to view hidden text the trick won't work. To fix it, to to Word>Preferences (command +, ), go to view and then untick hidden text.
Exit and you should be fine.😁

[riteshjagatramka]

How can I make this when my figure and captions are inside a table. The hidden para doesn't work well in the table when I add space

[eunicetphillip]

THANK YOU. THIS WORKED BUT THE TITLE DID NOT GO BACK TOGETHER AND WHEN I ATTEMPTED THE BRING THEM TOGETHER IT AFFECTED THE LISTING AGAIN. I AM USING WINDOWS. APPRECIATE ANY IDEAS OF WHAT I MIGHT HAVE MISSED. THANK YOU