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Creating a table of contents

Writer’s table of contents feature lets you build an automated table of

contents from the headings in your document. Before you start, make

sure that the headings are styled consistently. For example, you can

use the

Heading 1

style for chapter titles and the

Heading 2

and

Heading 3

styles for chapter subheadings.

Although tables of contents can be customized extensively in Writer,

often the default settings are all you need. Creating a quick table of

contents is simple:

1) When you create your document, use the following paragraph

styles for different heading levels (such as chapter and section

headings):

Heading 1

Heading 2

, and

Heading 3

. These are what

will appear in your table of contents. You can use more levels of

headings, but the default setting is to use only the first three

levels in the table of contents.

2) Place the cursor where you want the table of contents to be

inserted.

3) Select Insert > Indexes and Tables > Indexes and Tables.

4) Change nothing in the Insert Index/Table dialog. Click OK.

If you add or delete text (so that headings move to different pages) or

you add, delete, or change headings, you need to update the table of

contents. To do this:

1) Place the cursor within the table of contents.

2) Right-click and select Update Index/Table from the pop-up

menu.

Note

If you cannot place your cursor in the table of contents, choose

Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org Writer > Formatting

Aids, and then select Enable in the Cursor in protected

areas section.

You can customize an existing table of contents at any time. Right-click

anywhere in it and select Edit Index/Table from the pop-up menu.

Chapter 12 (Creating Tables of Contents, Indexes and Bibliographies)

of the

Writer Guide

describes in detail all the customizations you can

choose.

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