In Word, a Table of Contents is a field. It has settings in the form of switches. Most users never see the field, just the resulting Table of Contents. John has given you your options. Here are some more resources: TOC Tips and Tricks by Suzanne Barnhill, MVP. TOC Switches by Suzanne Barnhill, MVP With your document open, select the "References" tab on the ribbon, then select "Table of contents. This will open a drop-down menu with table of contents options. 2. Choose a table and it should appear in your document. 3. For the contents to appear in the table, your headers need to be a certain style. Under the "Home" tab on the ribbon, in Step 2: Select a document in which you want to insert a table of contents. Step 3: Select the References tab at the top. Step 4: Select Table of Contents from the left corner. Step 5: Click on Microsoft Word can automatically build a Table of Contents for you. You need to only outline the content and then specify the heading styles with basic formatting. Let's take this step by step. On the References tab, in the Table of Contents group, click Table of Contents > Custom Table of Contents. In the Table of Contents dialog box, if you don't want page numbers to appear in your TOC, clear the Show page numbers check box. Click Options. Scroll down the Available styles list until you reach the heading styles ( Heading 1, Heading snYBo.

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