Create the table of contents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n- Put your cursor where you want to add the table of contents.<\/li>
- Go to References<\/strong> > Table of Contents<\/strong>. and choose an automatic style.
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<\/li>- If you make changes to your document that affect the table of contents, update the table of contents by right-clicking the table of contents and choosing Update Field<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
To update your table of contents manually, see Update a table of contents<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIf you have missing entries<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Missing entries often happen because headings aren’t formatted as headings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- For each heading that you want in the table of contents, select the heading text.<\/li>
- Go to Home<\/strong> > Styles<\/strong>, and then choose Heading 1<\/strong>.
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<\/li>- Update your table of contents.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
To update your table of contents manually, see Update a table of contents<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGet the learning guide<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
For a hands-on guide that steps you through the process of creating a table of contents, download our\u00a0Table of Contents tutorial<\/a>. Or, in desktop Word, go to\u00a0File\u00a0<\/strong>>\u00a0New<\/strong>, and search for\u00a0table of contents<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nRef: https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/insert-a-table-of-contents-882e8564-0edb-435e-84b5-1d8552ccf0c0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/li>To update your table of contents manually, see Update a table of contents<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Missing entries often happen because headings aren’t formatted as headings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To update your table of contents manually, see Update a table of contents<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For a hands-on guide that steps you through the process of creating a table of contents, download our\u00a0Table of Contents tutorial<\/a>. Or, in desktop Word, go to\u00a0File\u00a0<\/strong>>\u00a0New<\/strong>, and search for\u00a0table of contents<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ref: https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/insert-a-table-of-contents-882e8564-0edb-435e-84b5-1d8552ccf0c0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For Word for Office 365 and\u00a0Word for Microsoft 365. A table of contents in Word is based on the headings in your document. Click the below link to watch an intro video. https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/videoplayer\/embed\/RE1TwVJ?pid=ocpVideo0-innerdiv-oneplayer&jsapi=true&postJsllMsg=true&maskLevel=20&market=en-us Create the table of contents Put your cursor where you want to add the table of contents. Go to References > Table of Contents. and Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,18],"tags":[809,808],"class_list":["post-3512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microsoft","category-microsoft-office","tag-insert-a-table-of-contents","tag-insert-a-table-of-contents-in-word"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3513,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3512\/revisions\/3513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}If you have missing entries<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/li>Get the learning guide<\/h3>\n\n\n\n