If you are a student or a professional, you will know that work or research that has an adequate index is always requested, and this work even though it does not make the person think, if it takes a long time >, only in ordering, that if the titles, subtitles, their order, the number of pages etc.
Many of the people continue to make a somewhat archaic index in Word, as if they were doing it in pencil and paper . Of course, all this is due to the lack of knowledge, the steps and how it is done in the modern era. That is why today we are going to explain how to make an index, without having to roll up so much, and the best thing you can do in the middle of time, doing it as you have been doing.
We will explain how to do it, automatically or manually, so you can choose the method you like the most . And the best part is that none is difficult to learn, just follow each step of each one very well, and you can do it in all your documents from now on.
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Steps to index Microsoft Word 2013
Make an index in addition to giving your documents a professional look, this also provides you with good management when searching and organizing.
Generate index automatically
We begin by explaining everything in the simplest way that is generating them automatically . The steps you must follow are the following:
- Before starting define the titles, subtitles and any other division that is in the text.
- Now select all titles in order of importance in the program . This is achieved by shading the text and then click on Title 1, Title 2, Title 3 . You can get all this in the start menu located at the top of the Word taskbar.
- For first-order titles in each section, select Title 1 (Heading 1). And for second-order titles or subtitles, select Title 2 (Heading 2).
- If for any reason or circumstance, you want to change the source of the titles you used, you can change them by shading the text again and you click with the right mouse button, and in the list that appears you select permittedModify accordingly.
- Now you must add numbering to all pages of the document.
- In the Insert menu, look for the “Pages” option, and click on «Cover» or «Blank page».
- Once the entire order of the document is defined, touch “Generate the index”, in which you will place the cursor on a sheet before the entire development or at the beginning of the document (Up to the second sheet). And with the same procedure that was used to add the cover you make it to insert another blank sheet, since this will be for your index.
- When the other sheet is added, you go to the menu «Start» and in the «Styles» group, select «Normal». And then go to «References» and select “Table of Contents” and choose the one that suits you best.
- Ready you already have your index without many complications.
Create table of contents manually
This is a very simple method, although more tedious than the previous one:
- To start first verify that the horizontal rule is on the screen , if not go to the “View” menu, and select “Rule ».
- With the horizontal ruler already in place, it is necessary to create a tabulation point by clicking on the position occupied by the page numbers of the sections that will be in the table of contents. Then double-click on that tabulation point to bring up the dialog Tables tabulations.
- Once this is done, verify that the alignment is adjusted to your right, and then choose the characters that will be filled, Word will show between each entry and also the number of pages. To complete this step, click on «Accept» to return to the document.
- Now you type the name of your first entry and press on the «TAB» keyboard . Then write all the page numbers in the document and press “Enter.” And this step is repeated for each entry.
In this way you can make an index in Microsoft Word as many times as you want , although it is more recommended that you use the automatic method and when there is any modification, you notice it right away and only with updating, you have your index correctly.