Table of Contents 
 

Creating a Table of Contents 2 

Working with a Table of Contents 2 

Updating your Table of Contents 6 

Create a table of contents from custom styles that you apply 7 

Format your Table of Contents 9 

Delete a table of contents 12 

Index 13

Creating a Table of Contents

Working with a Table of Contents

First step is to choose a heading style for example Heading 1 2 or 3 to fit the appropriate heading in your document. ¹

Next move the insertion point to the place in the document where you would like to insert the table of contents.   
 
 

Then click the Reference tab, on the left hand side click the Table of Contents button. This will open up the Table of Contents menu.

Then to insert predesigned table of contents, you have to click the Automatic Table of Contents styles in the Table of Contents menu.

Open up a dialogue box where you can choose from an assortment of table settings.

Choose the template you desire then click insert Table of Contents in the Table of Contents menu.

If you feel that you need to add more headings, simply click on the Table of Contents dialog box. Here you will see heading that reads Show levels, here you can select how many heading you wish to have. After you have chosen how many headings you wish, simply click the OK button.

If you want to add text to your Table of Contents, click the Add Text icon which is located in the Reference section in the Table of Contents box. Here you can choose the size you wish to have your text and then click Update Table.

Definition:

1.something contained: everything that is inside a particular contain picked up the file and emptied its contents onto the desk

2. subject of text: the subject matter of a document or publication  revealed the contents of the letter

3. list of subject or chapter headings: a list at the front of a publication that gives the title and number of the first page of each new chapter, article, or part

[15th century. < medieval Latin contentum "something contained," form of Latin contentus, past participle of continere (see contain)]

Updating your Table of Contents

To update your Table of Contents at any time just simply click, Update Table which is located in the Table of Contents box in the Reference section. 

You can click Update page numbers only or Update entire table. 

Create a table of contents from custom styles that you apply

You are able to you this feature if you have already applied custom styles to your heading. Then you are able to choose the style setting that you would like word to use when it build your table of contents.

First you will click where you want the table of contents.

Then on the Reference tab, in the table of contents settings, click Table of Contents, then Insert Table of Contents. Next click Options.

Under the option Available Styles, find the style that you applied to your headings in your document.

Next under the TOC level, which is located under the style name, you type a number from 1 to 9, to indicate the level you would like the heading style to represent.

Repeat the previous steps for each heading style that you want to include in your table of contents. Then hit OK when finished.

Then you choose table of contents that fits the document type. Your two options are:

If you would like to use one of the available designs, click a design in the Formats box.

Format your Table of Contents

With your Table of Contents you can always change the appearance. Within the Table of Contents dialog box you may modify how many headings you wish to display in your table of contents. You will find this option under General in the box under Show levels.

If you wish to change the whole look of your Table of Contents you may do this by clicking on the Format menu and scrolling down the different styles.

You may view the Format Styles in the Web Preview and the Print Preview sections.

You may also change the way your headings are displayed within your Table of Contents. You can do this by clicking the Modify button which is located in the Table of Contents Dialog box. You can also change the font and the indentation.  
 
 
 

Here is the following ways you can format your Table of Contents within the dialog box: 

Delete a Table of Contents

If you decide to delete your table of contents, your first step would be to go to the Reference tab, in the Table of Contents Group, then click Table of Contents.

Then you would hit Remove Table of Contents. 

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