Learn how to create, customize, and update an automatic table of contents in Microsoft Word with this step-by-step guide.

If you want to learn how to create Table of Contents with or without page numbers in Word on a Windows 11/10 PC, read this guide.

Using a table of contents in Microsoft Word is a neat way to prioritize your document and summarize its content. This article will explain to you how to create a table of contents in Microsoft Word.

Preparing headers Before you insert the table of contents, you will need to apply heading styles to the pages on your document, which will then be used by Word to formulate the table itself.

Using the automated feature, all you had to do was apply built-in heading styles, in this case, Heading 1, and choose a predefined table of contents. I recommend using the automated feature when ...

It's easy to add page numbers, headers, footers, title pages and a table of contents to your Word documents. You just have to know where to look.

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