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#CREATE TABLE OF CONTENTS IN WORD 2007 UPDATE#

If you don’t like the fonts used in the TOC, or how the heading levels are indented, you’ll need to modify the styles.

Change the settings on the Table of Contents window to suit your style, then click OK.

To take advantage of these settings, you’ll need to insert your own TOC. For example, you might want to show one, two or four heading levels, instead of the default three you might not want dots for the tab leader you might not want the page numbers over on the right, etc. You might not like the default TOCs that Word provides, in which case you can create your own using various settings. The safest option is Entire Table - this updates both the page numbers AND adds or removes headings to reflect the current headings used.

#CREATE TABLE OF CONTENTS IN WORD 2007 UPDATE#

No matter which method you use, you’ll be asked if you want to update just the page numbers only or the entire table.

Click in the built-in TOC, then click Update Table (this only works for built-in TOCs, not a TOC you create yourself).

Go to the References tab > Table of Contents group, then click Update Table.

Click anywhere in the TOC, then press F9.

There are several methods you can use to update the TOC - choose the one that best suits the way you work: Select one of Word’s built-in TOCs from the list.Īfter you add more content to the document or shift content around, you’ll need to update the TOC to reflect the revised page numbering and the new or deleted headings.Go to the References tab > Table of Contents group.Click in the empty space you created at the beginning of the document.Step 2: Insert a default Table of Contents Apply Word’s default Heading 1, 2, and 3 styles to the headings.

Press Enter a few times to create some space for the TOC.

You need to use hierarchical heading styles for your headings and subheadings. To get a hierarchical TOC, make sure you also use hierarchical heading styles for each topic’s main heading, subheading, and sub-subheadings (e.g. You can either use Word’s built-in Heading styles or create your own. It’s very easy to set up an automatic Table of Contents (TOC) in Word 2007 - the only ‘rule’ is that you must use styles for your headings.