Hi Totumpole
First, Word will insert your Table of Contents wherever your cursor is
when you do Insert > Indexes and Tables. So, put your cursor where you
want the ToC, and then choose Insert > Index and Tables.
Second, you have to give Word some clues about what you want to be
listed in your ToC. There are basically two ways.
In the first method, there are two steps. (1) You apply appropriate
styles to your headings through the document. (2) You then tell Word
what styles to include in the ToC. Word will then construct the ToC from
all paragraphs that are in the styles you nominate. The easiest way to
do this is to apply Word's built-in heading styles (Heading 1, Heading 2
etc), because in step (2), the built-in heading styles are the default.
If your heading paragraphs are in built-in heading styles, all you have
to do is Insert > Index and Tables > Table of Contents and click OK.
That is the preferred and easiest method, not least because when you
format your heading using the appropriate style you are also letting
Word know that you want this heading included in the ToC.
The second method also has two steps. (1) Mark each individual paragraph
that you want to appear in the ToC. You do this by using a TC field. (2)
You then tell Word that you want it to generate a ToC based on the
individual paragraphs that you marked.
I suggest that you choose which method you prefer to use. Then look up
Word's help on Table of Contents, which describes how to do it. If you
have further problems, post back. When you do, let us know (a) what
version of Word you're using (I'm assuming that it's Word 97 or Word
2000) and (b) which method you're using to create your ToC.
Hope this helps.
Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word
Melbourne, Australia
