How to create a table of contents automatically in a Microsoft Word 2010 document?

We can safely say that the text editor is the most popular in this office software package Microsoft Office package. Today there are a sufficient number of versions of this editor that work under different operating systems. For example, in 2015 there is already a preview of the future Word 2016 editor. Despite the release of new versions of Microsoft Word, today the old versions of this editor are also quite popular. For example, Microsoft Word 2010. Like other versions, Microsoft Word 2010 has excellent functionality and quality. Today we will look at the following question regarding this text editor: is it possible to create a table of contents automatically in Microsoft Word 2010?

Questions have already been addressed on our website many times: related to table of contents in text editors Microsoft Word. But an automatic table of contents has never been considered.

So, first of all, you should have a ready-made text document with text divided into chapters, subchapters, and the like. Now you need to open the tab "references".


Go to the title of the first chapter (in the text of the document) and place the cursor opposite it. In the tab you open there is an item "Add text". Click on it and select level 1. As for levels, most often levels 1 are used for chapters and sections, levels 2 for subchapters, and subchapters within previous chapters have level 3.


After this, we go up to the top of the document (where the content should begin) and write "Content"Or"Table of contents". Next, you need to click on the "Table of Contents" tab and select the content format you need.



After these steps, you will have content created from the chapters and subsections you specified. However, after this, check your document again to make sure that the titles of chapters and subsections are placed correctly on the pages. We return to the created content and update it. To do this, right-click and select "Update field".

After this, a window will pop up in which you need to check the box next to "Update page numbers only". This is necessary if, when creating a table of contents, your pages “ran away” from their places. In Microsoft Word 2010, it is not necessary to create a table of contents manually. Everything can be done faster by using the automatic creation of a table of contents.