Microsoft word table of contents, diagrams etc.

kboc

Hi there,

I am about to undertake post grad studies which will involve 5,000 word essay x 8 and a 50,000 dissertation.

It has been painful in the past with previous studies managing a table of contents matching up to page numbers which constantly change due to editing etc. Diagrams and tables are another pain, again with page numbers changing and the label given to the particular diagram or table. Maybe

My question.
Is there a way to manage Microsoft Word to dynamically keep track of these aspects of a document?

Thanks.

GreenWolfe

Word has supported this for quite a while.

This is a link to Microsoft's Office support page for how to insert captions:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Add-captions-in-Word-82fa82a4-f0f3-438f-a422-34bb5cef9c81

And here's how to cross-reference a caption:
http://guides.lib.umich.edu/c.php?g=283073&p=1888264

Also, here's how to insert a table of contents:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-a-table-of-contents-5eaadd8f-efa5-4791-84ba-746383b97ecb

You can also insert title pages, and use styles and numbering to create sections, sub-sections, sub-sub sections (...and so on) and appendices.

I normally wouldn't say this, but the Office support pages are (in my opinion) quite good. If you can't find what you need there, Google is very useful.