![]() ![]() After applying the formatting, click ‘OK’. If you wish to add additional formatting to the style, click the ‘Format’ button.įrom the Format menu, you can change the format of the font, paragraph, tabs, borders, etc. Then, you can change a few formatting options (font, font color, size, etc) to modify the text appearance. Give a name to the new style and click ‘Modify’ to change its formatting.įrom the ‘Style based on’ drop-down menu, choose the heading level (e.g. To create a new style for the heading, go to the ‘Home’ tab, and click the ‘More’ button on the bottom right corner of the box that contains styles options.Īt the bottom of the Styles box, select the ‘Create a Style’ option. If you don’t like any of the built-in heading styles, you can create your own custom style. Heading Style 3: Alt+ Shift+ 3 and so on. ![]() You can also use the below shortcuts to apply the heading styles: Keep applying heading styles in a similar fashion to all the headings you want to include in the contents. Here we are applying ‘Heading 2’ (H2) for the Introduction section below chapter 1. Then, apply the ‘Heading 2’ for secondary heading or titles. ![]() Then, go to the ‘Home’ tab and select the heading style you want to use from the box in the Styles section. Here, we are selecting the ‘Heading 1’ style for Chapter titles because they are the main section titles. To apply a heading level to a heading or a title, place your cursor on the text of your headings. Navigate to each page of your document and apply heading levels that give context to your content.įor instance, the main headings in the document should be formatted with the Heading 1 (H1) style, the subheading under the main heading should be formatted with the Heading 2 (H2) style, and so on. To be able to insert a table of contents, first, you need to format your headings and subheading with sequential heading styles, such as Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3, and so on. Format Your Document for Table of Contentīefore you insert a table of content (TOC) into your document, first, you need to prepare the document so that Word can recognize the section tiles and automatically generate the TOC and keep it updated after making changes to the document. Let us learn how to insert a table of contents section in Microsoft Word as well as how to update and customize it. In Microsoft Word, the table of content is a list of hyperlinks to section titles which allows you to go directly to a specific section of the document without having to scroll through the endless pages. It is similar to the list of chapters at the beginning of a book.Ī table of content is usually created at the head of the document that includes headings and subheadings in the document along with the page numbers of where they are located. So creating a table of contents in your document can make it easier for you to navigate and organize your document as well as get an overview of the document’s content. And navigating through that document to edit or read can be extremely difficult. Let’s assume you are working on a really long document that is dozen or even a hundred pages long like software documentation, project reports, contracts, or even your personal journal. ![]()
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