How to Create Table of Contents in Word 2007/2010
Microsoft Word gives us option to create automatic table of contents for our documents or books. Here you can see how to create table of contents in Microsoft Word 2007 / 2010.
See how to ceate table of contents and how to update it.
Step-1
Prepare you document in Microsoft Word. I have created a small document as an example, you can use your own word file.
Step-2
Click on Styles arrow to show the Style windows, see screenshot below.
Step-3
Now start applying styles to headings and sub headings according to its level
Heading 1 > Chapter heading
Heading 2 > Content heading and so on. For more detail see screenshot below.
Step-4
Now insert table of contents, Click on References tab and than Table of Contents, right click on predefined Automatic table of contents option and then select suitable option like Insert at Beginning of Document.
View after inserting table of contents.
Step-5
If you already have page numbers in your document header or footer then skip this step.
To insert page numbers in Word document click on Insert tab then Page Number and select a page numbering preset.
Update table of contents
If you have made some changes in your Word document after inserting Table of contents then you need to update this Table.
To update Table of contents click inside the table and then click on Update table option.
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Hi! to create table of contents in word is really seems easy after reading your this article.
Very well written with graphical images, nice guide to create table of contents
Very useful article because it was quite difficult for me to create table of contents in microsoft word
nice word tip
Thanks for posting. I was playing with my document for a long while. This is far better than the ‘help file’ in MS word. 10/10 Well done.
this is really easy to create table of content in word 2007.
Hi, thanks for your post.
I have the following problem:
1) I have document 1 with page numbers in one format.
2) I have document 2 with page numbers in another format.
I want to create a table of contents in document 1 with headings from document 2.
Is this possible? Thanks in advance