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Page numbers

• Word 2010: Add page numbers to your Word 2010 document and Number pages differently in different sections
• Word for Mac 2011: Add or remove page numbers
• Word 2013 and 2016: Add page numbers and Add different page numbers or number formats to different sections

Table of Contents

Word has a feature which will use heading styles from your document to automatically create a Table of Contents.

Self-paced courses:

• Word 2010: Create and customize a table of contents
• Word 2013: Video: Introduction to Tables of Contents

Articles:

• Word 2010: Create a table of contents or update a table of contents
• Word for Mac 2011: Create or edit a table of contents
• Word 2013: Format or customize a table of contents
• Word 2016: Create a table of contents in Word
• Word 2016 for Mac: Create a table of contents in Word 2016 for Mac

Footnotes

You can watch videos or download entire courses about working with footnotes in Word here:

• Word 2010: Video: Footnote and endnote numbering 
• Word for Mac 2011: Training: Working with citations, sources, and bibliographies
• Word 2013: Footnotes in Word 2013

Articles with instructions can be found at the following links:

• Word 2010: Insert or create footnotes and endnotes
• Word for Mac 2011: Add or change footnotes or endnotes
• Word 2013: Add footnotes and endnotes
• Word 2016: Add footnotes and endnotes in Word
• Word 2016 for Mac: Add footnotes and endnotes in Word 2016 for Mac

Section Breaks

If you are saving your entire thesis or dissertation as one document, you will need to use section breaks to allow you to format the first page of each chapter properly. Information about this feature can be found at the following links:

• Word 2010: Insert a section break
• Word for Mac 2011: Insert, delete, or change a section break
• Word 2013: Page numbering with section breaks Start page numbering later in your document
• Word 2016: Add section breaks in Word
• Word 2016 for Mac: Add section breaks in Word 2016 for Mac

Note: You will want to use "Next Page" section breaks between chapters.

You can follow the instructions at Number pages differently in different sections to number the pages for each section of the document. Remember to use the "different first page" option!

Bibliography

The following information may be helpful when you are ready to create your bibliography:

• Word 2010: Create a bibliography
• Word for Mac 2011: Add or change sources, citations, and bibliographies
• Word 2013 and 2016: Create a bibliography

Captions

You can read how to add captions in Word in this article (applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016).

Save as PDF

Follow these instructions to save your Word file as a PDF.