On Microsoft Word The table of contents function gives you access to a specific summary of certain information or the document in question, so that in an organized way and with better visualization you can locate all the titles and numbering of the pages without having to read the entire document.
With this tool you will be able to find the topic you are looking for within your work as quickly as possible, so you should not navigate until you get it. At the same time, you can select the format you want and add or edit information manually or automatically.
What are the functions of tables of contents in Word?
The main function of a Table of Contents it is about helping the reader to find what they are specifically looking for much faster and without much effort. That is why, when working with very long documents, it is essential to maintain a good order in its structure for a quick location.
In other words, a table of contents or index Reflects the chapters your document contains, how it is divided and its order.
What should be paid attention to create a good index?
To create a good table of contents, you can do it with any version of Microsoft Word that you handle on your Windows or Mac computer, what you should pay attention is that so that you can enable the function that this is automated.
In other words, so that its structure is updated instantly and automatically when you make a modification in its structure, you must have a version of Word later than 2016
What are the benefits of using a table of contents?
- Provides an overview of the document.
- Helps Readers Search Quickly
- Save time
- You won't have to go through the entire document.
- View large documents better
- Used to locate where the images are.
How to easily associate titles to content?
To associate the titles to the table of contents you must go to the pestaña de inicio> estilos, Then look in the document for the titles you want to relate, select them and find the corresponding titles in the styles panel, as an example of these would be the project objectives as a level 1, and the subtitle or specific objectives would move to the level 2 qualification.
On the other hand, to update a table of contents, go to References> tabla de actualización and select between updating only page numbers and ignoring changes to titles or text, and update the entire table; whatever the case, press 'OK'.
Or select the table of contents and with the right mouse button select 'Update field’ in the drop-down menu.
Insert a table of contents in your Word step by step
If you want to better organize your content in the document, just look in Word how to insert the Table of Contents so you can troubleshoot and streamline.
Windows
- Place the cursor where you want to add the table of contents
- I searched referencias> tabla de contenido> estilo automático.
Mac
- Place the cursor where you want to add the table of contents
- I searched referencias> tabla de contenido> estilo automático.
Free web version
At the moment it is not feasible to insert a Word table of contents for the web, so to do this you will have to create it in the desktop app.
Despite this, you can modify it:
- Choose table of contents
- I searched References> tabla de contenido> Actualizar tabla de contenido.
Learn how to format your table of contents to give it a better visual appearance
To customize the table of contents with a visual format to your preference, just go to References> Table of Contents> Tabla de contenido personalizada on any operating system and version of Word.
With customization you can show, hide or refine page numbers, as well as changing the levels of the titles, among other effects. Classic, Elegant, modern and simple.
