Today you will
- add page numbers to your table document
- add a contents list that you can click to jump to each section
- update the contents list after you change a heading
Warm-up
Think about your project document. Would a reader find their way around it faster with a tidy cover page, or with a contents list they can click?
Page numbers sit in the footer and fix themselves when pages move.
A table of contents lists your section titles. You can click a title to jump to that section.
Heading styles tell the software which lines are section titles. Bold text does not count.
Updating the table of contents makes it match your document after you change a heading.
Example
You rename Budget to Cost summary. Then you update the table of contents so the new title shows.
You will add heading styles, a contents list you can click, and page numbers. Open your newest table document and copy it as {{code:sm1_doc3_table_document_v4}}. Work in the copy, using the steps below.
If you don't have a table document, make a new one called {{code:sm1_doc3_table_document_v4}} in {{code:09_specialism/sm1}}. Paste in this text:
Introduction
Pedal Fix Galway runs a free bike safety check for the community every Saturday.
Schedule
The clinic runs in the community hall from 10am to 2pm, and the last bike is taken at 1.30pm.
Contacts
Ask for Niamh at the hall reception, or leave a note on the club noticeboard.
Common issues
- The contents list is empty. Give your section titles a Heading 1 or Heading 2 style, then update the list.
- The word Contents shows up in the list. Change Contents to the Normal style, then update the list.
- The list is out of date. Click inside it and use {{btn:Update table}} in Word or the refresh icon in Google Docs.
Independent Practice
- Finish anything missing from the last task: heading styles, contents list or page numbers.
- Rename one Heading 1 in your document. For example, change {{code:Schedule}} to {{code:Weekly plan}}.
- Update the contents list so it shows the new title. Don't type into the list yourself.
- Show your teacher the file before the reflection.
- Every page after the first has a number in the footer.
- My contents list shows my section titles, but not the word Contents.
- The contents list shows my renamed heading.
- My file is saved as {{code:sm1_doc3_table_document_v4}} in {{code:sm1}}.
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