how do you create a table of contents using microsoft word?

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how do you create a table of contents using microsoft word?

Answer 1

A table of contents is a list of the headings in a document. You can use a table of contents to get an overview of the topics discussed in a document. If you are creating a document for the Web, you can put the table of contents in a Web frame so that you can easily navigate through the document.



You can create a table of contents using the built-in heading styles and outline-level formats in Microsoft Word. If you want to use your own formatting for headings, apply custom heading styles. To use additional options for customizing the table of contents, you can use fields. For example, you can use fields to omit page numbers from part of the table of contents.



After you've specified the headings to include, you can choose a design and build the finished table of contents. When you build a table of contents, Word searches for the specified headings, sorts them by heading level, and displays the table of contents in the document.

Answer 2

Use styles for your header paragraphs. Set them up so they relate to each other in an outline style. On the page where you want your table of contents, Choose "Insert", then "field", then "Table of Contents". The dialog will allow you to choose different styles for table of contents, and you can also format the Table of Contents field to customize it the way you want. By default, the table of contents will go down to three levels of headers. It will show the number (if there is one), the header text, and the page where it occurs. After you make changes to your document, update the header field to pick up the changes. You do that by clicking in the table of contents field and pressing (or it might be . One of them updates the table, and the other one toggles between showing the actual table and a code showing the name of the field.)

If I'm a little off on the details, you can probably get the exact instructions from the Help menu item; or contact me directly and I'll double check the instructions. It's been a while since I've made tables of contents, but hopefully I've given you enough to get you going.

Answer 3

Depends which version of Word you have. Click on the insert tab and then on table of contents. on the latest version it isunder the references tab.

Cheers!

If you use heading styles it will insert the headings for you automatically.

Answer 4

I think you can use Microsoft Powerpoin to make a flow chart and organization charts but for table of contents you can actually just use microsoft word and just arrange the format and type what you want.... so yea...

Answer 5

You can also use tables to make one.



say a column to put name, middle column to put .........., 3rd column for page.. and so on

^^

Answer 6

like this( theres really no right way)



Intro......................................Pg 6

A.........................................page 7

b...........................................page 8

c..............................................page 9



but make sure the edges are ssame langths and not sticking out ( like page 9 vs page 6, 9 is sticking out)

Answer 7

use colen ,.....

Answer 8

you type the darned thing out

Answer 9

A Table of Contents is simple. These instructions are for Word 2002 (XP) but should be very close in adjacent versions.



1. Go to the point where you want the TOC to be, usually right before the first page.

2. Click on the Insert->Field menu item.

3. Scroll down to TOC and select it.

4. Click OK.

5. This will insert a table of contents field in your document, but since you don't have any entries, you'll see this message:



Error! No table of contents entries found.



Not to worry. To make entries, you'll have to use Heading styles. Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3 are by default collected for the Table of contents, but you can play around and get others also. There's even a way of putting in entries that aren't flagged by style.



The Table of Contents also doesn't continually update itself. You have to tell it to whenever you want it to:



1. Right click in the table and select Update Field.

2. An Update Table of Contents dialog box will appear.

3. Click the Update Entire Field button.

4. Click OK.



That should do it.