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Creating an Electronic Table of Contents in Word: Step-by-Step Guide

Learn how to efficiently build and modify an electronic table of contents in Microsoft Word. Follow the detailed instructions for selecting, modifying section headings, and inserting the table. Enhance your document organization effortlessly.

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Creating an Electronic Table of Contents in Word: Step-by-Step Guide

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  1. Peer Review Partners • Kandis, Lottie • Sraddhanjoli, Blake • Tavleen, Megan • Kim, Caleb, Tyron • Josh, Whitney • Barasha, Abigail • Matthew, Tyler • Shouzhe, Hannah

  2. Building an ElectronicTable of Contents in Word:Selecting Your Section Headings • Maximize the “ribbon” at the top • On the “Home” tab, right-click on “Heading 1” in the “Styles” section • Select “Modify” • Select the font, size, style, etc. you’d like your headings to have. • If you’d like to have secondary section titles, go through the same process with “Heading 2” • In your document, highlight each section heading and clicking on “Heading 1” • It should automatically take on the style you selected for that heading.

  3. Building an ElectronicTable of Contents in Word:Modifying Section Headings • If at any point, you want to change the appearance of your section titles: • Select Heading 1 or 2 • Right Click • Select “Modify” and make your changes • Everything marked as “Heading 1” will automatically change.

  4. Building an ElectronicTable of Contents in Word:Inserting the Table • Go to the “References” tab • In the upper left, click on “Table of Contents” • Select “Custom Table of Contents” • Select the number of “Levels” you want: 1, 2, 3, etc. • If at any point, you add more pages, more sections, etc. just right-click on your TOC and select “Update Full Table”

  5. Homework Read your partner’s report carefully. Take notes in the margins while you read to track your experience and make any suggestions you may have. (I will be checking on this in our next class.) We will be going through it in great depth on Thursday.

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