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How to create one table of contents from multiple documents

I appreciate the feedback on this. I will study it and try it out. Thanks so much.

very helpful word tip. btw, i usually save helpful tips in a folder. earlier they were available for d'load as pdf. saving as webpage is not exactly liked by me. any other way?

I also used to download the .pdf files, but recently I've started using Microsoft OneNote and find it works well for organizing ideas. I have a Notebook called "Office Tips" sectioned into the various applications. I copy the headline into the title of a page, then copy the article and comments into the body of the page. One of the neat things is that the URL is automatically copied at the bottom, so if you want to follow comments later, just open your notebook page, click on the URL, and add further relevant comments to your notebook page.

I'm still learning the ins and outs of OneNote, but I'm liking it.

Why would I not use a Master document and Sub documents?
I believe, reading the help office.com stuff at Microsoft, you end up with a TOC that is as easy peasy to insert.

I struggle with Master documents and sub documents so this was a godsend. Didn't seem to work at first as Word couldn't find my files and then I noticed my fatal flaw, I had forgotten to include the file extension as part of the document name!!