现在我在很长一段时间后再次回到学校，我也不得不创建各种PowerPoint演示文稿并在Word中编写报告。Word中有很多功能，除非他们在学校，否则大多数人从不使用。
这些功能之一是目录(Contents)。Word有一个很棒的功能，如果您知道要使用哪种类型的标题，它可以让您自动创建一个漂亮的目录。很棒的是，即使您已经有一个包含大量内容的Word 文档(Word document)，也很容易对其进行编辑，以便您可以自动生成目录。
在本文中，我将引导您完成使用正确标题设置Word 文档(Word document)的过程，然后讨论如何创建目录。我还将讨论如何根据自己的喜好自定义目录。
在 Word 中设置和查看标题
在创建任何目录之前，您要做的第一件事就是设置标题。默认情况下，您可以使用的允许标题是H1 (Heading 1)、H2 (Heading 2)和H3 (Heading 3)。
您可以在功能区主主页(Home)选项卡上的样式(Styles)框中找到这些标题。这些是您可以用于默认TOC的仅有的三个。如果添加自定义TOC，还可以使用H4 (Heading 4)、H5 (Heading 5)、H6 (Heading 6)、 Subtitle、Title和TOC Heading。
当您浏览文档以添加不同的标题时，如果只有 H1、H2 和 H3(H2 and H3)感觉过于受限，请随意从上述任何标题中进行选择。您只需插入一个自定义目录(TOC)并更改一些设置，我也会提到。
将标题应用于Word中的文本非常容易。只需单击(Just click)带有文本的行，然后单击要应用的标题样式。(heading style)
浏览文档并添加任意数量的这些标题。请注意，当您添加标题时，即使您有可见的段落标记，也很难看到标题。为了快速查看Word 文档(Word document)中的所有标题，请单击“查看”(View)选项卡，然后选中“导航窗格(Navigation Pane)”下的复选框。
执行此操作时，文档左侧将出现一个窗格，(hand side)您将能够看到各种标题、子标题等。
单击列表中的任何项目将带您到Word 文档(Word document)中的该标题。这是在创建最终 TOC 之前快速查看标题结构的好方法。
在 Word 中添加目录
现在我们已经正确设置了所有标题，让我们继续插入目录。首先(First)，我们将从Word中的默认目录设置(TOC setup)开始。在开始之前，最好在文档的开头添加一个空白页。
为此，请转到当前第一页的顶部，然后单击Insert and Blank Page。现在单击References、Table of Contents并从顶部的Automatic选项之一中进行选择。(Automatic)
手动表格只是目录格式的填充文本，但您必须手动进行所有更改。当您插入自动TOC时，您应该会看到如下内容：
惊人的！现在您的Word 文档中有一个格式良好的(Word document)目录(TOC)！插入TOC后，您仍然可以更改文档中的标题，但更改不会自动反映在TOC中。
要更新TOC，只需单击其中的内容，然后单击顶部的更新表。(Update Table)
它会询问您是否只想更新页码或整个表格。如果您修改、插入或删除了标题，您应该选择整个表格(entire table)。如果您只是在文档中添加了更多内容，但没有添加或删除任何标题，您可以只选择页码(page numbers only)。
自定义目录
如果您使用 H1、H2 和 H3 以外的标题，您会注意到它们不会出现在TOC中。为了使用这些额外的标题，您必须在插入 TOC 时选择自定义目录。(Custom Table of Contents)
这将打开TOC的选项对话框。您可以更改一些基本设置，例如是否显示页码以及是否右对齐数字。在General下，可以选择多种样式，也可以选择显示超过三个的更多级别，即H3 标题(H3 heading)。
如果单击Options，您可以选择额外的项目来构建TOC。如果向下滚动，您将能够选择Subtitle和TOC heading。
为了自定义目录的外观(look and feel)，您必须单击“修改(Modify)”按钮。如果您只是右键单击TOC并选择Font或Paragraph，它不会格式化TOC。当您单击Modify时，您将看到另一个对话框，您可以在其中编辑每个TOC 级别(TOC level)。TOC 1是 H1，TOC 2是 H2，以此类推。
单击第二个修改(Modify)按钮，您将能够更改该特定标题的格式。因此，如果您愿意，您可以将所有 H1 标题设置为粗体并使用不同的字体大小(font size)。
最后，如果您按下CTRL 键(CTRL key)，然后单击TOC中的任何内容，您将被带到该页面。但是，如果您觉得必须按CTRL 键(CTRL key)很烦人，您可以通过转到文件(File)-选项(Options)然后单击高级(Advanced)来更改它。
继续并取消选中Use CTRL + Click to follow hyperlink框。现在您可以直接单击目录(TOC)中的项目作为链接，而无需按住CTRL 键(CTRL key)。不幸的是，这仅适用于您的本地Word(Word)副本。当您通过电子邮件将其发送给某人并且他们没有更改该设置时，他们将不得不CTRL + click。当涉及到Word中的目录时，就是这样。享受！
Quickly Add a Table of Contents to a Word Doc
Now that I’m back in school again after a long tіme, I’m also back to having to create various PowerPoint presentations аnd write reports up in Word. There are a lot of features in Word that most peoрle never use unless they are in school.
One of those features is the Table of Contents. Word has a great feature that allows you to create a great-looking table of contents automatically if you know what type of headings to use. The great thing is that even if you already have a Word document with a lot of content, it’s very easy to edit it so that you can generate the table of contents automatically.
In this article, I’m going to walk you through the process of setting up your Word document with the correct headings and then talk about how to create the table of contents. I’m also going to talk about how you can customize the table of contents to your liking.
Setup and View Headers in Word
The first thing you’ll want to do before you can create any table of contents is to setup your headers. By default, the allowed headers you can use are H1 (Heading 1), H2 (Heading 2) and H3 (Heading 3).
You can find these headings in the Styles box on the main Home tab in the ribbon. These are the only three you can use for a default TOC. If you add a custom TOC, you can also use H4 (Heading 4), H5 (Heading 5), H6 (Heading 6), Subtitle, Title, and TOC Heading.
When you are going through your document to add the different headings, feel free to pick from any of the above-mentioned headings if only H1, H2 and H3 feel too restricted. You’ll just have to insert a custom TOC and change a few settings, which I will also mention.
It’s very easy to apply headings to text in Word. Just click on the line with the text and then click on the heading style you want to apply.
Go through the document and add as many of these headings as you would like. Note that when you add headers, it will be hard to see the headers, even if you have paragraph marks visible. In order to quickly see all headers in a Word document, click on the View tab and then check the box under Navigation Pane.
When you do this, a pane will appear on the left hand side of the document and you’ll be able to see the various headings, sub-headings, etc.
Clicking on any of the items in the list will take you to that heading in the Word document. This is a great way to quickly see your heading structure before creating your final TOC.
Adding a Table of Contents in Word
Now that we have all of our headers setup properly, let’s go ahead and insert a table of contents. First, we’ll start off with the default TOC setup in Word. Before starting, it might be a good idea to add a blank page at the beginning of your document.
To do that, go the top of your current first page and then click on Insert and Blank Page. Now click on References, Table of Contents and pick from one of the Automatic choices at the top.
A manual table will be just filler text in the format of a table of contents, but you’ll have to manually make all the changes. When you insert the automatic TOC, you should see something like this:
Awesome! Now you have a nicely formatted TOC in your Word document! Once you have inserted the TOC, you can still make changes to the headings in your document, but the changes won’t be automatically reflected in the TOC.
In order to update the TOC, just click inside of it and then click on Update Table at the top.
It will ask you if you want to update just the page numbers or the entire table. If you have modified, inserted or deleted headings, you should choose entire table. If you just added more content to your document, but haven’t added or removed any headings, you can choose page numbers only.
Customize Table of Contents
If you used headings other than H1, H2, and H3, you’ll notice they won’t appear in the TOC. In order to use these extra headings, you have to choose Custom Table of Contents when inserting the TOC.
This will bring up the options dialog for the TOC. You can change some basic settings like whether to show the page numbers and whether to right-align the numbers or not. Under General, you can choose from multiple styles and you can also choose to show more levels beyond three, which is the H3 heading.
If you click on Options, you can choose extra items to build the TOC with. If you scroll down, you’ll be able to select Subtitle and TOC heading.
In order to customize the look and feel of the table of contents, you have to click on the Modify button. If you simply right-click on the TOC and chose Font or Paragraph, it won’t format the TOC. When you click on Modify, you’ll get another dialog where you can edit each TOC level. TOC 1 is H1, TOC 2 is H2, etc.
Click on the second Modify button and you’ll be able to change the formatting for that particular heading. So if you want, you could make all H1 headings bold and a different font size.
Lastly, if you press the CTRL key and then click on anything in the TOC, you’ll be brought to that page. However, if you find it annoying to have to press the CTRL key, you can change this by going to File – Options and then clicking on Advanced.
Go ahead and uncheck the Use CTRL + Click to follow hyperlink box. Now you can just click on the items in the TOC as links without holding down the CTRL key. Unfortunately, this only works on your local copy of Word. When you email it to someone and if they don’t have that setting changed, they will have to CTRL + click. That’s about it when it comes to table of contents in Word. Enjoy!
