In this tutorial we will explain how to index automatically and tables of contents manually in Microsoft Word of the year 2016 and 2019 . Nowadays, many people use this tool, since it is very effective for the home, educational centers, offices and for several other options. In addition, it is a tool that gives us and helps to improve our work.
Although there are other alternatives for consumers; Word has more popularity, as it helps you to work with renewed documents of learning tools. The Office 2019 system is the same as the 2016 version; with the difference that the new Office 2019 can only be downloaded from the Microsoft Store , only for Windows 10 applications.
Finally, thanks to this tool, we are allowed to create simple or professional documents. This contains spelling tools, synonyms, graphics, different types of text, images, etc. Then I will explain what I mentioned at the beginning.
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Steps to index Microsoft Word 2016 or 2019
The tables of contents are quite useful throughout the Office package, but especially in Word when it comes to long documents such as thesis or special projects, in which a guide is needed to quickly locate certain sections of the content .
Generate index automatically
Next we will explain, that an index details the topics that will be dealt with in a document. To enter an index, it is very simple and nothing complicated. That will help us to perform our office work, personal work, for college or university. It will allow us to create more organized documents, where it shows the work according to the range of the pages.
- First, you have to select the title or subtitles in order and click on “Home”> “Styles” and select which one we want if it is: title 1, title 2 , etc . This way we can also do with the subtitles. That depends on the user’s taste and according to their task.
- Second, when you have finished the previous step. Click on “Menu”> “Insert”> select “Blank page”, there the index will be created in Word:
- At the end of the above we click on the blank sheet, go to the “References”> “Table of contents” right there on the “Table > of content ” the following image will appear. Select the automatic table that suits you.
- Once you have selected the option appropriate to your preference. If you want to make any changes to the content, we must select the “Table of contents”> “Update table” and this information will be sent to you.
- Once the next step is done, you will get the following information:
- Then we select what kind of update we want to perform. We can customize the table by clicking on “Table of contents”> “Table of personalized content”. We look at the following image:
- Finally, the following window will be displayed where we can define what we want to do. Once the above is done, click on accounAccept accordingly.
Create table of contents manually
If you don’t want an automatic table, you can choose to do it manually. Here I will show you how to create it.
- The first step we have to go to “Menu”> “References”> “index” and then choose the option “Mark entry” .
- When we have already clicked on “ Mark entry ” the next window:
- Then, within that box, we can complete the “Subentry” and “Entries” if you need to add a semicolon text.
- We can also use “options”> “Cross-reference” and add text. Also in “Format of page numbers” we can select “Bold” or “Italic” . That depends on the user.
- Then we click on “ Dial ” and the following information will appear like this:
- To insert the indexes in any application, either from 2016 or 2019, just follow the next step. We will click on “References”> Index> “Insert index” . You will get the following image.
- Also within that box you can modify your way and clicking on “Formats” will display: Personal style, Classic, Moderate, etc. Here we show you. The result can be visualized by clicking on permittedAcceptance.
- If you want to modify or make any additional changes, because you do not agree with the results you have obtained. Just click on “References”> “Update table” . Here we show you:
That was it. The procedure, in reality, is nothing complicated. It is only to observe, practice it at home and apply it in your daily life. All these applications are the only thing that changes: Certain elements that have placed new, styles, format, but the way of doing things is the same.
So I hope, you can use it in your work, whether in school, office, in your home, etc . If you want to improve and be the best, I invite you to read our website more and do not miss the guides.