Formatting long documents: contents, page numbers and styles

Core rule: styles, not manual formatting

• Use Heading 1/2/3 styles for every heading;
• Use the Normal style for body text instead of resizing per paragraph;
• Modify a style once to update the whole document.

Contents and page numbers

1. References → Table of Contents → automatic; right-click and Update Field later;
2. Insert → Header & Footer → Page Number, set a different first page;
3. Leave the cover unnumbered with Layout → Breaks → Next Page, then unlink from previous.

Figure numbering

Use captions for figures and tables; cross-references renumber automatically when you insert or delete items.