In the Table of Contents window that opens, click the “Options” button. On the dropdown menu when you click the “Table of Contents” button, choose the “Custom Table of Contents” option. If you want your table of contents to go deeper than the top three heading styles, you can do that, too. So if you use the automatic table and you want sub-levels in your ToC, you will need to use heading 1 for level 1, heading 2 for level 2, and heading 3 for level 3. Each level represents a heading style in your document. You may notice in this table of contents that there are sub-levels. If you chose the “Manual Table” option from the “Table of Contents” drop-down menu, then it will insert a template for you that you will need to edit yourself. Selecting either Automatic Table 1 or 2 will create the table of contents using the names of the headings. The only difference between Automatic Table 1 and 2 is the title, which is “Contents” and “Table of Contents,” respectively. Here, you can choose between the three different built-in tables.
Once ready, head over to the “References” tab and select “Table of Contents.”Ī drop-down menu will appear. The first thing you need to do is put the cursor where you want the table of contents to appear. Once you’ve applied your heading styles, it’s time to insert your table of contents. You can either apply the heading styles to each section after you’ve finished the document, or you can add them as you go. You can manage this in two different ways. If you’re not happy with the types of heading styles available, you can change the default heading style. In addition to making the document more reader-friendly, a table of contents also makes it easier for the author to go back and add or remove content if necessary.īy default, Word generates a table of contents using the first three built-in heading styles (Heading 1, Heading 2, and Heading 3). To apply heading styles, select the particular style from the “Home” tab. This inserts the reference into the text.Regardless of the size of your document, using a table of contents can direct the reader to exactly where they need to be. In the dialog box, select "Numbered item", "Paragraph number", then the reference Is to be inserted, then click "Insert" -> "Reference" -> "Cross-reference". Then, we need to insert it into the text. Now, we have a proporly numbered reference list. In the dialog box, select the numbering style, then click OK. Then right-click on the list, select "Bullets and Numbering". Lets take a list of references, enable numbering by highlighting the list first, Working with references is similar as with figures described above. I then switched the positions of Figure 2 and 3.Īnd then, press Ctrl+A, then F9. Then, what if I want to move figures around? I assume you will say, this looks good, if you never used this before. This updates all the figure number automatically. Instead of searching and replacing all the figure numbers in the text, click "Edit" -> "Select All" (or, Ctrl + A), which select the entire document, then, press "F9". Notice that, the original figure 1 is now figure 2. It is automatically inserted as figure 1. I inserted another figure named, "This is the What happens if I want to insert another figure at the very beginning of the document. Now, we have Figure inserted in the text. In the dialog box, select "Figure" as "Reference type", then select "Only labelĪnd number", pick "Figure 1. Then, we can insert the figure number into the text, as "Figure 1". Similarly, I created Figure 2, named "This is figure two.". Now, Figure 1 is created, named "This is figure one.". Click on "Insert" -> "Reference"Ī dialog box should pop up. What about references? I will show you how using "cross-reference" in MS Word could save you a lot of work.įirst, lets insert a figure in a document. Through the entire paper to fix the figure numbers. Insert/deleate a figure, or even move your figures around, you will need to search Did it even happen to you that, when you write a paper, then you decide to
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