About the program
Microsoft word or, like this program more oftencalled, simply Word - a word processor that is designed to view, create and edit text documents of various formats. This program is one of the most popular for working with texts. One can for sure say that Word is on any computer and on almost any mobile device. This program will help you not only during work, but also in studies, and even in entertainment. However, before submitting an essay or simply writing an essay, you may need to learn how to make content in Word. Having a neatly designed table of contents is a prerequisite for successful delivery of work. We will try to understand this issue.
Auto-selectable table of contents
Your essay or thesis project is ready, andnow it remains only to properly register it. Of course, it is necessary to make the content to facilitate the examining work. Often, the availability of a table of contents is a prerequisite for the submission of an abstract or test paper. Without it, your work simply will not be accepted for verification.
If you care about how to make content inWord, you can type it by hand, gently hammering headings and numbering pages. However, it is worth noting that this process takes you a lot of time. In addition, not always this table of contents will look neat enough.
Microsoft Word has the function of creatingthe content of the work. However, if you think that making content in Word is very simple, then you are mistaken. It's not as simple as it might seem at first glance.
Stages
Open the necessary work and click on the "Links" tab in the top line, place the mouse cursor on the place in the text where the title of the chapter or paragraph resides.
- We find in the "Links" tab a button "Addtext ", which is located in the first column to the right, and select the required level of the table of contents (content). There are three levels in total, which will allow you to create the most detailed table of contents. As a rule, chapters and sections relate to the first level, sub-chapters to the second level, paragraphs to the third level. If you need more levels, then you can add others.
- We check all the text of the work and do all the same actions with all the chapters, parts and paragraphs.
- Then we return to the second page of your essay, course or diploma work. This will be the table of contents.
- On the "Links" tab on the left click on"Table of contents", browse and select the required format. You can choose a table of contents without filler (without dots), with filler. You can even make a manual table of contents. Then you will be required to enter the title of the chapters yourself. Now the question of how to make content in Word, can be considered almost solved.
- A table of contents appeared on the work page.We carefully review it, check the work again, tighten the chapters of the thesis or abstract to the very beginning of the pages, align the text. Also do not forget to save the work periodically, so as not to lose the changes made.
- Just in case, we update the table of contents. To do this, click on the right button on the gray "Table of Contents" field and then select the item called "Update field".
- We can either update the table of contents completely, if there was an error somewhere, and update only the page numbers. We choose the necessary item.
- And now we can say that we know exactly how to make content in Word.
We examined the stages of creating a table of contents inprogram Word 2010, if you do not know how to make content in Word 2003, then everything is about the same. Only we give the text not levels, but we perform it as headings of the corresponding level.
