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There are a few simple steps to creating your automated table of contents on a word document. It's a lot easier than you think and will save time and effort. Also, you can control click the table to get straight to a particular section.
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Choose where you'd like to place your ToC. You'll usually want to add a table of contents to the top of the document, but it can be anywhere you'd like. [1] X Trustworthy Source Microsoft Support Technical support and product information from Microsoft. Go to source
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You'll see the References tab at the top of Word. New options will appear on the toolbar. [2] X Trustworthy Source Microsoft Support Technical support and product information from Microsoft. Go to source
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The Table of Contents is built automatically based on your heading styles. To make sure a page or section is added to your table of contents, you'll need to assign its heading a style.
- Highlight a page heading. A context menu will expand automatically.
- Click Styles on the context menu.
- Select Heading 1 .
- Repeat for all major pages in your document.
- For minor pages and sections, select those headings and assign them Heading 2 . Heading 2 entries will appear as sub-sections of Heading 1 entries in your ToC.
- You can also assign additional minor sections as Heading 3 , which will appear as subsections to Heading 2s in the ToC.
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QuestionHow do I remove 'read only' from a Word document?Crazyperson2002Community AnswerTo remove 'read only', there should be a button at the top of the document, or you could save a different copy and edit it from there.Thanks! We're glad this was helpful.
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