How to create table of contents in word 2010 automatically

#How to create table of contents in word 2010 automatically update#

Word 2010 has 9 field categories and 77 fields.Д¬lick on Numbering category to filter and display fields that are related to numbering. Wider part on the right, where you can change Field Properties of the selected field. On the top there is Categories pull-down menu that can help you narrow down the field list.

Narrower part on the left, where you choose a field from a list of available fields. Go to Insert tab, click Quick Parts and choose FieldвЂ¦ДЎ. Type a text, for example, Article, and press Space to separate the word from the field.Дў.

#How to create table of contents in word 2010 automatically update#

To have auto numbering feature automatically update a number we need to insert Field first.ДЎ. This time the ones that deal with numbering. There are lot of them, and and we are going to meet some. I canвЂ™t use Numbering feature here because the text would look like this:ДЇortunately there are Fields to ease our tasks, to automate and enhance documents. (Believe it or not, I remember typing on a typewriter and making a mistake, adding and throwing pages away, making corrections and typing into the nightвЂ¦) You would have to manually correct page numbers every time you add or delete a page. Imagine what would you have to do if Word was lacking its page numbering feature? I donвЂ™t want even to think about it. And I would have to do that each and every time I add or delete an article. But what would happen if I had a hundred (200) articles and wanted to delete Article 9? I would have to correct all remaining values to correct sequence number: I would have to make 91 corrections. Sure, I can copy/paste the text вЂњ Article 4вЂќ and change the value manually. I also want Word to number paragraphs automatically when I copy/paste the text вЂњ Article 4вЂќ by increasing number 4 by 1 ( one). Here is the document and I want each article to have its own number, starting from number four (4). There are not many of them and knowing fields better will help you creating better documents and save your time. To start numbering from a given paragraph number.ДЇirst, let me explain a little more about Fields and associated options. She was writing a rather long document and wanted to do (or have) few things in her document:Дў. The other day a colleague of mine had a question about numbering.