In the process of writing graduation thesis, the table of contents is an indispensable item. But in reality, students don't know how to use the table of contents function in word, but compile it manually on the home page. Therefore, there is often a gap between the table of contents and the text due to the adjustment of the later format or font. Here's how to use word to automatically generate a directory and update it dynamically. There are two methods: 1. Automatically generate a table of contents using outline level. If you want to insert a table of contents, click the Insert menu, point to Reference → Index and Table of Contents, and then click the Table of Contents tab. If you press the OK key directly, you will be prompted "Error!" Displayed in bold. Directory entry not found ". So what is a "directory entry"? A table of contents item is a paragraph or a line of text displayed as a table of contents in a document. Therefore, if you want to display the table of contents automatically, you must first define the table of contents items. The definition of a directory entry is very simple. Click View → Outline to switch to outline mode. In outline mode, the level of each paragraph in the document is clearly displayed. Select the title of the article, which is defined as "1 level". Then select the text that needs to be set as a directory item in turn, and define it as "secondary" one by one. Of course, if necessary, you can continue to define "three-level" directory entries. After the definition is completed, click View → Page to return to page mode, insert the cursor in the document where the directory is to be created, and then perform Insert → Reference → Index and Directory again to open the index and directory interface. Click the Directory tab to show the following figure: A * * * only defines two levels of directory items, so the above figure is added. "Show Page Numbers" and "Align Page Numbers Right" are two recommended options. The former is used to automatically display the page where the directory item is located, and the latter is used to display beauty. Tab leader is the display symbol of the area between the directory item and the right-aligned page number, which can be selected from the drop-down list; In addition, there are a variety of directory display formats to choose from, which can be seen by pulling down "Format". Finally, click OK to generate a table of contents, including page numbers. Hold down the Ctrl key and click a directory item, and the current page will automatically jump to the page number where the directory item is located. Is it convenient? There is also a good button to generate a directory in this way, and the directory can be updated automatically-it's all easy to do! Second, the second method to realize automatic directory generation by marking index items is to mark index items, that is, mark each directory item as an index item in advance, and finally realize directory generation. The specific operation method is as follows: in page mode, select the first directory item in the article, that is, the title of the article, and execute Insert → Reference → Index and Directory. After the index and table of contents screen appears, click the index tab, and then click the mark index item, and press the _ key to display this window: Mark the title of the article "A world of literature". At this time, the following words (contents in quotation marks) appear in the title of the text: "{"a literary maverick} "Next, define the sub-index item, with the same operation method as above, but be careful when marking: the text content you choose will At the same time, enter the just marked "a literary maverick" in the "main index item", and the following contents will appear after this index item: "{A literary maverick: A new work Ananda: Romance+Problems}" By the way, the marked first-level and second-level index items are actually a field, and the contents in quotation marks can be directly copied to the next second-level index item without repeated operations. In this way, all primary index items and secondary index items can be quickly marked one by one. The following things are simple. Select Insert → Reference → Index and Directory, and set them in the pop-up window.