The table of contents is a list of titles of sections and subsections of the book (thesis, term paper). Microsoft Word supports the automatic creation of a table of contents, which is convenient for its subsequent editing.
Necessary
Microsoft Word
Instructions
Step 1
Enter the text for which you want to create a table of contents. Use page breaks to insert sections so that each section starts on a new sheet. Enter the title of the section in the following format: "Section 1. Title …". For subsections, use the following form: "1.1 subsection name". These are general recommendations, when entering the text, you must use the guidelines for writing a work, or the requirements of the publisher.
Step 2
Select the section titles in sequence, on the toolbar or in the "Format" - "Styles and Formatting" menu, select the "Heading 1" style for them. In the future, you can change the formatting of the title text, but make sure that the style name is preserved with the given text. Similarly, select the title of the subsection and apply the “Heading 2” style to it. Mark the headings of other levels in the document accordingly to prepare the insertion of the table of contents.
Step 3
Start adding content when you've finished formatting your text. Place the cursor where you want to insert the table of contents in the document. Run the command "Insert" - "Link" - "Table of Contents and Indexes", then go to the "Table of Contents" tab, select its settings (placeholder, number of heading levels, and so on). Click the OK button. Content will be added to the text.
Step 4
If later, when editing the text, the amount of text changed, and, accordingly, the numbering of pages, right-click on the content. Select the "Update field" option and in the window that opens, select "Page numbers only" - "OK". If you have made changes to the structure of the document, then when updating, select "Update All".
Step 5
Paste the table of contents into Word 2007. To do this, go to the "Links" tab. In the left part of the window, click on the "Table of Contents" button. Select the appearance of the table of contents from the template, to change the settings, click on the "Table of Contents" button, set the necessary options and click "OK".
