Formatting tables and figures in your research paper

This video covers how to format tables and figures properly in your research paper. Also, how to automatically add formatted captions and references in the text that will update automatically.
I teach in Japan, so I used a Japanese version of Windows 7 and MS Word 2013 to make this video-although my explanations are in English. So, apologies to any viewers who don't use Japanese.
You can turn off the subtitles by clicking the CC button, and make sure to watch it in HD so you can see all the buttons clearly.

[@chaoxu7360]

most strange tutorial I have ever seen but this is indeed well-explained

[@nc7375]

Now do this tutorial in Japanese... but with English tabs!!

[@mediana4250]

=)))))))))))

[@pauladubi584]

😂😂😂

[@romagnolo]

At first I was mad that everything was all in Japanese, but now I'm super happy because you explained everything and I got my tables right, even with all the visual instructions written in Japanese. Thanks.

[@stevekirk4226]

Glad it helped. And I admire your patience with the Japanese!

[@seiichin6728]

Thank you for sharing this instruction. I truly appreciate that you use the Japanese version for explaining this because it is exactly how I use my PC even though I am doing my research project for Doctor of Nursing Practice. やっぱり日本語表示の方がわかりやすいです＾＾　助かりました。有難うございます！

[@jamesvu9054]

Hey, thanks so much. I'm working on a publication right now as an undergraduate, and you have no idea how any hairs i've pulled out trying to figure out formatting my tables lol

[@aymenalawadi7858]

Thanks for the helpful tutorial. I thinks it could be better if you worked on English version of MS Word.

[@stevekirk4226]

+Aymen AlAwady Thanks for the comment. I teach Japanese students so I used the Japanese version of both Word and Windows for them. I must admit it's a little strange to be speaking English and pointing to Japanese words on the screen.

[@mrlatif88]

Thank you so much Steve. Great tutorial and well explained. I always wonder how journals make professional table and you answered my question now :)

[@ocm6382]

Great video Steve - deciding to go tables over figures for some descriptive statistics, and this worked well :)

[@ellezeus]

God bless you for this tutorial, sir.

[@Mager_14]

Thanks to you, my paper looks awesome now! :D

[@giorgospitsos4550]

very good job, i have greek word 2007, i saw your japanese, but still it worked with the first attempt, you are a very good instructor

[@stevekirk4226]

Sorry for the late reply. That's great that it worked for Greek. I suppose the buttons are all in the same places and you'd need to do all the same things to make it work in English.

[@fachrurrazimd5342]

Very well organised. Thank You.

[@eichaw1353]

Effective video for researchers, thank you

[@tinkageorgewilliam871]

Thanks again. I always come back to use this information.

[@delete1492speedruns]

Hugely helpful video, even though it used Japanese word. Thank you!

[@MissFlurry.]

Very helpful, thank you very much!

[@taktoktek]

I was happy to see the Japanese language in your word ;)

[@zapy422]

Thank you for the tutorial

[@suelengabrielaa]

Thank you so much, sir! It was truly helpful :)

[@Haarsgard]

Very well explained, great work

[@licausa]

日本人ですか。英語が上手なので、アメリカ人だと思いました。Besides, great video, first one that I found on this topic that explained everything properly👍

[@stevekirk4226]

Thanks. You might be one of the few people who can really get something from this one. And by the way... アメリカ人ですが、日本に住んでいます。

[@tinkageorgewilliam871]

Thanks again. I always come back.

[@melchiorantoine6948]

Excellent description. Next time, do an English document. We would appreciate that, king.

[@zuhairabbas5364]

You are the best. Thank you so much :)

[@Gamerw8]

I just gotta say your accent is excellent for a non-native speaker :)

[@jamirulislam31]

The video is really helpful (except I have to match the position in English WORD for what option is clicked). It makes my dissertation ready.

[@emmanolan9946]

this is brilliant, thank you

[@KITAMEBUKI]

excellent. very helpful!

[@hestervanmourik1501]

Thank you super useful!

[@Darkhin98]

Very useful, thank you 🙋♥

[@drkareem_shaik]

very helpful thanks a lot

[@kgbkgb5500]

Thank you so much.

[@herriharroa3590]

Dude, loved your video but the japanese got me confused. Super glad still haha keep it up

[@ashleyvuong9578]

Thank you for the helpful video. Nice voice :D

[@rsaid1996]

Thank you it was helpful

[@behappybygodsgrace2025]

Thank you for this

[@Cowboy_Consultants]

good stuff. thank you

[@rinsedpie]

Very good!

[@maryamasd4620]

Great video! How can I separate the bottom border between two consecutive cells?

[@najmijamaludin2588]

THANK YOU THIS REALLY HELPS

[@najmijamaludin2588]

HIHIHIHIH

[@banyaraung7940]

Very useful video indeed. Thank you very much. It'd be better if you use English version of MS Word though.

[@enggiekong9527]

Thank you for your useful video. However, I want to insert 2 charts next to each other. Would you mind showing me how to do it?

[@supriya9902]

thanks for the video

[@typhainesharon7383]

Thank you very much

[@anakanke9217]

hello , may i know the data in the table which have insert the a b c letter , how can i make this by statistic and which program should i use?

[@GabrielGrijalva]

Thanks a lot

[@tolik2738]

May i know that in some research, the subheading bottom border is actually separated by small gap. How to acheive this in ms word? Because it seems like that solely applying the bottom border will create a continuous line, making it hard to discern some important subheadings

[@tigrayrimey6418]

It is really good! Could you please make a vid in English version of MS word?

[@Whitewolf_555]

Thanks mate

[@DoctorDj98]

were you able to copy and paste the results from your paper into the table in word. An answer would be greatly appreciated

[@cherry.25]

thank youuuuu

[@emmanolan9946]

Please , is it possible to repeat this for an English version for word documents? thank you.

[@nisay74]

How did you make the gap on the line between women and men?(In the original paper, not the word document you showed)

[@misaghhajiamiri2516]

Yasin were you able to figure out how to do this task? if yes can u plz tell me also

[@qazxswpat]

Does anybody know the font type from 0:14?

[@padmadharshinim567]

nice sir

[@anjieengano3592]

how to interpret the letters behind the mean +- SD?

[@lukemortagal1764]

would be alot better if the dam word document was in English not Japanese

[@giocondopsiquiatra8777]

oh yeah... that was ridiculous

[@luismendez5194]

in this example, what would be the independent variable and what would be the dependent variable? thanks in advance

[@stevekirk4226]

In the figure example, the independent variables are kind of water (fresh vs. sea) and time, and the dependent variable is the weight of the fish. In the table, the independent variables are condition (facial-constraint vs. control) and gender, and the dependent variables are reaction time and error percentage. In graphs, the independent variables are on the x-axis (and colors etc.), and the dependent variable is the y-axis. In tables, usually the independent variable is vertical and the dependent variable is horizontal, but it might be the other way depending on what fits on the page.

[@AMurphySharp]

Just curious how people would follow in English if your Microsoft is in a different language?

[@adamjakehoshino]

yes please do it in english word

[@Bojanarules]

Nihongo haha... I am literally rolling here XD

[@stevekirk4226]

Yeah, sorry. I teach Japanese students and made this video for them. But I'm planning to make an updated version with English Word on Win10.

[@Bojanarules]

No worries, one can just follow corresponding english options/settings. It was just funny to see Japanese all of a sudden and perfect English in the background. :D I just remembered Japanglish pronunciation of words when I went to Japan on summer program. They are so adorable when they try to speak English. :D As Japanese girls use to say: Kawaiii :D LOL

[@Abdulrahman-wv6tm]

Aregato sempai!

[@theresa2881]

An English version will be even better.

[@sabaiqbal8873]

Its wonderful. But can you convert this into English.

[@spinebuster9490]

Now all I have to do is to get a Japanese version of MS WORD with unreadable tabs to draw my tables.

[@kimb2582]

Why is this in Japanese or Chinese word? Really hard to see what is going on.

[@alwanammar227]

nice japan

[@stephaneabramowicz4658]

aaah *yawn* this is super well made aaaah *yawn* *yawn* thanks dude ! *yawn*

[@nicolewang4320]

讲得很好，但是自己对着找按钮要找半天😅

[@ilaila3504]

yyyeahh...your explanations do not include saying the word of the thing you are clicking on...'clicking here....and clicking here...' means i have no idea what you are clicking on. at all.!

[@t-ai]

So why not do your writing in Japanese then??

[@t-ai]

very useful however

[@Mr.AIFella]

Speaking in English with Japanese demonstration , click here, click here, and I was saying what is here in that here ^_^

[@karhoung9204]

God, please let me pray you.

[@Piece_of_Kahlua]

the video would have been helpful even with the words being in Japanese if you were to say what you're clicking instead of saying click here. for example, click on insert then table to helo people who do not read Japanese.

[@jingkailoo6648]

what's the point of speaking in English and using a Japanese word as demonstration.

[@abuzainabahmadsyakirnorazli]

haha

[@zhinanliu87]

Bro why on earth is the narration in english but the video in japanese

[@khalifa2x21]

Tf im supposed to understand ??

[@babygirl4949]

Why would you speak in English but have the word document in Japanese?! How does that make any sense? Especially if you’re saying “click here” and not saying what you’re actually clicking. Tutorials are supposed to make it easier, not harder.

[@stevekirk4226]

I made this video for my students, who are Japanese, and wasn't really expecting anyone else to watch it. My students were making the opposite complaints, like "your computer is all in English, but we all have Japanese Office", so I replaced an earlier video with this one. Since other people seem to be watching this, I do plan to make an English-only one with the latest Windows and Office when I get a chance. And I say "click here" because I didn't want to use the Japanese words like "click on the kouetsu tab" and it seemed weird to say "click on the review tab" when the button didn't say "review". So that's the method behind the madness. Sorry for the annoyance!

[@gbadeboabayomi9241]

Hi Steve, I want to thank you for the brilliant job and also request that you redo the English version of this tutorial, please. I mean you use the English version of the MS Word.

[@montryeolout]

seriously Japanese word arrrgggghhhhhhhh

[@navdeepsingh-zo6rs]

why chineese

[@aliaskari9756]

great but please consider that not everyone can read Chinese or whatever the language of your office has

[@mohamedhusseinmohamed204]

This is bullshit Steve. You tutorial lesson is very good, but the language of your computer is in another language most of your viewers don't understand. It is always good to look at the bigger picture.

[@jiahuichan5898]

very strange tutorial video...

[@marcod9626]

u idiot

[@blaze4404]

why the hell would you think it's a good idea to do an english tutorial without english selected as the language in the software?

[@stevekirk4226]

read the description

[@deenaismail164]

Thank you very much