Congratulations, you have added a table of contents to your document.ġ. Click inside the table and click Update Table.ġ0. When done, go at the page where you added the Table of contents.ĩ. Repeat the same process and change the style in all chapter and sub-chapter titles with the corresponding heading.Ĩ. To change the style in Subchapters, highlight the subchapter's title(s) and at Home tab choose the Heading 2 from the styles.ħ. To change the style in Chapters, highlight the chapter's title(s) and at Home tab choose the Heading 1 from the styles.ī. Chapters and sub-chapters are called "headings" in Microsoft Word, and we will use these headings to format the style in the chapter and sub-chapter titles, as follows:Ī. It will take a while, but it's rewarding to get it right. This step is crucial to adding a table of contents. Click OK at "Creating a table of contents" prompt.Ħ. Now go to References tab, click Table of contents and choose one of the two " Automatic table" types in the name.ĥ.
Assuming that you want to add a table of contents at the first page of your document, place the cursor before the first word of your document, and insert a blank page by pressing Ctrl + Enter to move content to the next page.Ĥ. * Recommended: After the cover page or on a page before your first chapter.ģ.
Place the cursor where you want the Table of Contents to be. Open the Word document that you want to add a table of contents on.Ģ. Note: This guide was tested on Microsoft Office 365 & Office 2019/2016 using Windows 10.ġ. How to Add an Automatic Table of Contents on a Word Document. In this guide I will show you how to add a table of contents into a Microsoft Word document. You should focus on writing and use an automatic table of contents instead.Ī Table of Contents (also known as a "List of Contents" or "TOC"), is usually found on the first page of a document and contains the chapters and sections of the document with their page numbers. Writing each chapter with its respective page number manually is not attractive. But you have a lot of pages and chapters, not to mention the subchapters. After writing an extensive document of numerous pages, you will need to make it easy for your readers to view your content. If you want to learn how to add a table of contents in a Word document, continue reading below.
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