Creating an automatic table of contents (TOC) is relatively easy in Word, just a few quick clicks. But if you have a multi-part document or book - or perhaps a 'boxed set' of books - it gets more tricky.
You can do it very easily once you know how though! In this presentation we look at how to create the initial TOC which shows the parts/sections/books in the document. Then we go into how to create a unique TOC for each of those parts/books. We'll be using field codes - and they aren't even nearly as hard as you might think!
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• Long reports with multiple parts.
• Documents containing reports
from several people or
departments.
• A book that is made up of several
shorter books.
• ‘Boxed sets’ of books – one
document containing several
books.
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• In a standard TOC you can have
multiple levels, created by using
ssttyylleess.
• BUT you ccaann’’tt do multiple TOCs the
same way.
• You need one TOC at the front of a
large document with each part/book
listed.
• Then you need a TOC for each
part/book, after its title.
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• Ideally, put the whole
document into the NORMAL
style first
• Then put the headings as H1,
H2, H3, etc.
• The contents tables will be
built from these
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This is an ordinary TOC.
Click References > Table of
Contents > Insert Table of Contents
Then choose just Level 1 to be
included.
7. Click References >
Table of Contents >
Insert Table of
Contents
Then choose just
Level 1 to be
included.
8. • That was an automatic table of
contents
• Now we’ll add a TOC build on fields
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Click VIEW on the ribbon
Then click OUTLINE
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