Table of Contents in Seperate Document

[Tiffany M]

Hello! At my job I inherited a manual that is made up of
several different word documents (a seperate document for
each section) and there was a table of contents made for
these documents in it's own seperate document. Now I have
made some changes and added a new word document for a new
section and need to add it to the table of contents. I
have searched and searched for how to add to the table of
contents and I can't seem to find an answer! How do I
link the TOC to this seperate document? Everything I have
read just says how to create a toc at the beginning of a
document, but how do I make one in a seperate document?

Thank you!

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi, Tiffany,

Open the document that contains the TOC, and press Alt+F9 to display all
field codes. You should see one {TOC} field plus a bunch of {RD} fields, one
for each of the other documents. The RD stands for "referenced document",
and it lets the TOC field know where to look for entries.

Copy and paste one of the {RD} fields, placing it in the proper position
with respect to the others. Edit the file name in the field code to match
the new document's file name. Press Alt+F9 again to close up the field
codes. Finally, right-click the TOC and select Update Fields.