Highly customised headings and reflective 'contents'

[MattRNR]

G’day word forum

I’m having some trouble with a document I’m preparing and would appreciate any insight I could get. I’m presently writing my thesis and finding it rather difficult to get my table of contents methodology explanation to reflect my algorithm diagrams and associated file structure.


Specifically I’m wondering if, using word, it is possible to:
A. ‘Nest’ new numbering (Blue) within an existing numbering (Green) and have the table of contents reflect such (see below), and;
B. Add the word ‘Stage’ in front of numbered headings (see red)

It may be important to note that under headings there may be subheadings, see Orange.

1. Abstract
2. Introduction
3. Literature Review
3.1. LiDAR scanning
3.1.1. Terrestrial
3.1.2. Airborne
3.2. Allometric Calculations
4. Method
Stage 1: Procedure 1 Title
Stage 2: Procedure 2 Title
Stage 3: Procedure 3 Title
Stage 4: Procedure 4 Title
Stage 5: Procedure 5 Title


5. Results
6. Discussion
7. Conclusion

If one or both of these things are possible is anyone able to let us know how (procedurally speaking) to achieve this?

Cheers

Matt

[Charles Kenyon]

I expect it is possible. I suggest you look at the following article.
How to create a table of contents in Microsoft Word by Shauna Kelly

[MattRNR]

G'day Charles, cheers for your prompt response.
I'm sorry to say i haven't been able to find a solution neither to A or B of my question in the link you sent me. I've read it through several times but must be missing something, are you able to be more specific?
Regards
Matt

[Charles Kenyon]

Originally Posted by MattRNR

G'day Charles, cheers for your prompt response.
I'm sorry to say i haven't been able to find a solution neither to A or B of my question in the link you sent me. I've read it through several times but must be missing something, are you able to be more specific?
Regards
Matt

I do not know how to do what at you want. I am giving you resources that I would use if I were to attempt this. I believe it can be done.

See also How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in Ribbon Versions of Word by Shauna Kelly.

If what you want to do can be done, the solution is likely in those two articles. The thing is, an automatic TOC, generated by a field, can generally only have information already contained in the document.

So, you will need to have two separate (but related) numbering schemes under your first level. These do NOT need to both be level 2. The one you will use most should be level 2. You'll need to play around. I would advise doing this in a separate document until you get it set the way you want. Then when you have it set up the way you want you can set it up that way in your thesis.

Alternatively, you could have your Stages set (captioned) as Figures (using the word Stage instead of Figure) and customize the TOC to include those.

See also Complex Documents and Numbering in Microsoft Word.

[MattRNR]

G'day Charles, I'm afraid I scoured through those pages for 2 days without any luck.

In the end I rearranged my document to avoid the problem entirely. Although this is less than ideal i think it will save me time in the long run.

Thank you for your help anyway

Regards
MattRNR