Microsoft Word: Insert multiple directories in one document

If you want to insert several directories into a larger Word document, for example listing the titles and the authors of individual text parts separately, you can have them created automatically. This way, they are always conveniently updated when changes are made.

Word document - prerequisite for multiple directories

1. Check the correct labeling of the corresponding entries.
2. The easiest way to do this is to assign a separate style to each type of element, using the templates for headings.

Microsoft Word - Insert multiple directories

1. Go to the »References« tab in the ribbon, click on »Table of contents« and select the »Insert table of contents« command.
2. In the "Show levels" field, reduce the number to "1" and insert the first table of contents normally by clicking "OK".
3. Navigate to the second directory page in the document. Start again with the command »Table of Contents | Insert table of contents «.
4. In the "Show layers" field, reduce the number back to "1" and then click on "Options".
5. The check box »Style sheets« must be activated here.
6. Look for "Heading 2" in the list of styles or your template used for the author.
7. Enter a "1" for the first level in the input field to the right.
8. Make sure that you remove the assignment to the first level that Word assigns for "Heading 1" by deleting the number in the field to the right. This prevents unwanted entries from appearing in the directory.
9. Confirm the options and the new table of contents with »OK«. When asked if the existing directory should be replaced, select »No« to actually insert the second directory.