OpenOffice: create table of contents - how to

In OpenOffice, you can easily create a table of contents. To do this, you need to have only Headings in your document, you can view the table of contents.

Text for the table of contents in OpenOffice format

In order for OpenOffice to know what are the Headings and sub-headings, you must format it accordingly.

  1. Before you write the Headline or after you have selected the formatting to the left of the selection of the Font to "Heading 1" to.
  2. Depending on what level the Heading is, you can also choose Heading 2, 3, or 4. These are shown in the table of contents subordinated to it.
  3. Under the "More. " you will also find all the sub-headings up to "Heading 10" and if even this should not suffice, you can add all of the other self.

Table of contents in OpenOffice to create

  1. Put the Cursor at the point you want to create the table of contents.
  2. In the menu, select "Paste" from the "indexes and tables. " and then "directories. ".
  3. In the following Dialog, you can leave everything as it is and click "OK" - unless you have more than 10 levels of headings, and want them all to account is also in your table of contents: you have to set "Evaluate up to level".

The practice tip is related to OpenOffice-Version 4.0.0.