Microsoft Word - Formatting - Creating a Table of Contents

Creating a Table of Contents. 

A table of contents is normally found at the beginning of a document. It is possible to group chapters and sub-chapters together using Heading styles.

In the following example we have created a document that requires two chapters and sub-chapters.

Chapter One – has two sub-sections (Pets & House).

Chapter Two – has one sub-section (Cars).

Preview Table of Contents: 



Creating the Table of Contents: 

1. Create the document applying heading style one to “Chapters 1 & 2”, apply heading style two for the chapters sub-sections.

2. Insert and place cursor in a blank page at the beginning of the document.

3. Click on the Reference tab.



4. Click → Table of Contents.

5.     From the Table of Contents list → Insert Table of Contents.

6. Show Levels: Select the required amount levels.

In this example we are using two levels:

Level 1: Chapters.

Level 2: Sub-Sections.

7. Click Ok.

Tip: If the document if modified click into the Table of Contents press (F9) to update