Format or customize a table of contents - Microsoft Support
Go to References > Table of Contents. Select Custom table of contents. Use the settings to show, hide, and align page numbers, add or change the tab leader, set formats, and specify how many levels of headings to show. For more info, see Custom table of contents .
Insert a table of contents - Microsoft Support
Word uses the headings in your document to build an automatic table of contents that can be updated when you change the heading text, sequence, or level. Click where you want to insert the table of contents – usually near the beginning of a document.
Configure headers and footers for different sections of a document
Double click the header or footer in each section and choose styles or add content. Select Close Header and Footer or press Esc to exit. For more on headers and footers, see Headers and footers in Word. Set up headers and footers to provide different content for …
Change or delete a header or footer on a single page
Change or delete a header or footer from another single page. To delete or change headers and footers on individual pages within a document, start by inserting a section break. Important: Section breaks are different from page breaks.
Update a table of contents - Microsoft Support
Applies To. On the References tab, select Update Table. Select one of the following: Update page numbers only This only updates the pages that the headings are on, and ignores any changes to the heading text.
Create and update an index - Microsoft Support
An index lists the terms and topics that are discussed in a document, along with the pages that they appear on. To create an index, you mark the index entries by providing the name of the main entry and the cross-reference in your document, and then you build the index.
Insert a document in Word - Microsoft Support
Inserting a document. You can insert the content of previously-created Word documents into a new or different Word document. Click or tap where you want to insert the content of the existing document. Go to Insert and select the arrow next to Object .
Create a table of authorities - Microsoft Support
To create a table of authorities, you mark citations and Microsoft Word inserts a special TA (Table of Authorities Entry) field in your document. You can then search the document for the next long or short citation to mark, or you can automatically mark each subsequent occurrence of …
Insert a section break - Microsoft Support
Insert a section break. Use sections breaks to divide and format documents of all sizes. For example, you can break down sections into chapters, and add formatting such as columns, headers and footers, page borders, to each.
Insert a table of figures - Microsoft Support
First add captions to your figures, and then use the Insert Table of Figures command on the References tab. Word then searches the document for your captions and automatically adds a list of figures, sorted by page number.
APA, MLA, Chicago – automatically format bibliographies
Word automatically generates a bibliography from the sources you used to write your paper. Each time you add a new citation to your document, Word adds that source so that it appears in the bibliography in the proper format, such as MLA, APA, and Chicago-style.