Advanced Microsoft Word NTRS 455 Dr. Daniel Frankl

Preparing a Table of Content When writing a student paper or thesis you need to prepare a table of content. MS Word provides tools for a smooth and painless creation of professional looking table of content.

Follow Three Simple Steps Select a heading style Choose the table of content style, and Create the “Table of Content”

Heading Style: Step #1 Highlight the text to set as heading Introduction E.g., Introduction Click the down arrow button on the style box located at the top of the screen, the first box from the left

Heading Style: Step #2 Choose the desired Heading from the style box Heading 1 E.g., Heading 1 You may select any desired heading style

Heading Style: Step #3 For a second level heading, select Heading 2 See example on left

Table of Content Style #1 Create a page break (select “Insert” then “Break”) by inserting the break in front of the first word at the very top of the document. The cursor should be in our case in front of  | Long-Term Effects of Weight Loss and Dietary Sodium Reduction on Incidence of Hypertension.

Table of Content Style #2 Insert Index and Table Table of Contents From the Insert menu select Index and Table …and click on the Table of Contents tab Format Options PrintWeb Preview A list including Format Options and Print and Web Preview will appear.

Table of Content Style #3 Show page numbersRight align page numbers The Show page numbers and Right align page numbers options should be selected. Format box Fancy In the Format box select your preferred style (e.g., “Fancy”)

Table of Content Style #4Table of Content Style #4 Select desired option in Tab leader box E.g., …………… Select desired option in Show levels E.g., “4”

Creating Page Numbers Follow three steps: Insert page break Insert section break Insert page numbers General / Simple Different format

Inserting Page Breaks Break Insert Place cursor in front of text you want to separate and select Break from the Insert menu Break Page break In the Break box make sure that the Page break radio button is selected.

Inserting Section Breaks Position cursor in document at the point where you want to insert the section break Click on the Insert menu Select Break

Inserting Section Breaks Section break types Next page Under Section break types, click in the Next page radio button. OK Select OK

Inserting Page Numbers InsertPage numbers From the Insert menu select Page numbers Position From the Position menu select either: Top of page (Header) Top of page (Header) Bottom of page (footer) Bottom of page (footer)

Inserting Page Numbers (General/Simple Page Numbering) From pull-down menu box select Top of page Top of page Right Right Show number on first page Check the Show number on first page box OK Click OK

Inserting Page Numbers (Different Format) Format From the pull-down box select Format Make your selection of the desired pagination format

Inserting Footnotes and Endnotes Footnotes Insert Position cursor and select Footnotes from the Insert menu Select the numbering style AutoNumber AutoNumber OK Click OK

Formatting Footnotes and Endnotes auto number Symbol For custom symbols instead of auto number click Symbol Look for the appropriate symbol in the box and select it