How to make a table of contents?

Quite often, in the preparation of bulk text works, it is necessary to create a table of contents - a list that includes logical partitions and subsections of the document. Knowledge of the capabilities of the Word editor allows not only to prepare text work without much effort, but beautifully and competently accompany them. How to do this, working with this or that version of Word?

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How to make a table of contents in Word 2003?

It is more convenient to start designing a table of contents after all the text is recruited. For this:

• Climbing the cursor, allocate the title that should appear in the content of the work.
• Go to the toolbar and, depending on the rank of your header (there will be a chapter, partition or subsection), choose the "header 1" or "header 2", respectively.
• So do with each heading that should get into the table of contents to work.
• Now the editor perceives the selected phrase as a separate independent headline.
• Next, move the cursor to the table of contents.
• Pass the "Insert" path - "link" and choose the item "Table of Contents and Pointers".
• Stop the choice on the "Table of Contents" line and confirm your actions by clicking OK.
• As a result, on this page, a list of chapters and partitions will be automatically formed in accordance with the secretions that were produced at the first stage of design.

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How to make a table of contents in Word 2007?

Differences between the interface in various versions of the editor affect the process of registration of the table of contents to work.

1. "Come" throughout the document and assign each item that should be reflected in the content of the work, your title status. For this:

• Mouse allocate the name of the main section. After proceed to the editor toolbar and click the Home tab. Choose the "Styles" block, and in it - the "Title 1" string.
• For registration of the headguard of a secondary order, it is necessary to do similar actions, but at the end of the way to choose "Title 2".
• If you need to highlight even smaller subparagraphs - form a "header 3", etc.

2. Now it is necessary to collect all sections together. To do this, go to the page on which the table of contents will be placed.

3. On the control panel, find and click the Links tab. Go to the "Table of Contents" block and choose the view of the latter.

4. Before you will appear all the previously dedicated points of the document in accordance with the specified hierarchy.

To quickly go to the required document section, do the following:

• On the table of contents, choose the section of interest.
• Purge the cursor and, without letting the left mouse button, clamp "Ctrl".
• As a result, you will automatically move to the document you selected.

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How to make a table of contents in Word 2010?

To form a table content in this version of the editor, it is enough to perform the following actions:

• Install the cursor at the beginning of the line containing the name of the section.
• Go to the "Links" tab.
• In the "Table of Contents" block, find the "Add Text" item. Press it.
• You will be offered a list of levels in accordance with the logical hierarchy of sections - "Level 1", "Level 2", etc.
• Choose the required level.
• Similar actions make for each item of future table of contents.
• Next, install the mouse cursor in the place where the content of the document will be placed.
• You click the "Links" tab and click the "Table of Contents" icon.
• Further, depending on personal wishes, it is possible to either choose a "auto-hand table of contents" - the earlier items will be collected by the proposed sample, or press the item "Table of Contents" (from the fallen list).
• If the last option is selected, a table appears on the screen with the ability to clarify some of the appearance parameters of your table of contents.
• After making the necessary changes, click "OK".