Creating Table of Content

[Angel]

How do I start creating a table of content. Is it done
before your document is written? or after the document is
written?

 

[Charles Kenyon]

After the document is written. Word will automatically generate it for you.
Format the headings you want in your TOC in one of the heading styles (you
can change how they look by modifying the style). See
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/complex_documents.htm.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Usually after. See http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html

 

[Pat Garard]

G'Day Angel,

It really depends on your own style.

After creating a few blank pages,
I tend to begin in Outline View, and create
a preliminary structure for the document.

As a result of this, the Headings are there from
the beginning.

As the Document unfolds, I use Outline View
to re-arrange the content as needed.

If, in Outline View, you drag sub-headings vertically
to change their order (including placing a sub-
heading under an entirely different Heading),
the text belonging to that sub-heading is moved
with it, and that saves a lot of Cut/Paste activity.

When needed, I also promote/demote
text <-> headings,
Headings <-> sub-headings
sub-headings <-> sub-sub-headings
etc
also in Outline View.

As well as clearly showing the document structure,
the Heading styles are changed automatically.

At some point I use the blank pages that I began
with as Title-page, Notes-page and TOC-page etc.

I hope this helps.
--
Regards,
Pat Garard
Australia

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