In the Table of Contents window that opens, click the “Options” button. On the dropdown menu when you click the “Table of Contents” button, choose the “Custom Table of Contents” option. If you want your table of contents to go deeper than the top three heading styles, you can do that, too. So if you use the automatic table and you want sub-levels in your ToC, you will need to use heading 1 for level 1, heading 2 for level 2, and heading 3 for level 3. Each level represents a heading style in your document. You may notice in this table of contents that there are sub-levels.
If you chose the “Manual Table” option from the “Table of Contents” drop-down menu, then it will insert a template for you that you will need to edit yourself. Selecting either Automatic Table 1 or 2 will create the table of contents using the names of the headings. The only difference between Automatic Table 1 and 2 is the title, which is “Contents” and “Table of Contents,” respectively. Here, you can choose between the three different built-in tables.
Once ready, head over to the “References” tab and select “Table of Contents.”Ī drop-down menu will appear. The first thing you need to do is put the cursor where you want the table of contents to appear. Once you’ve applied your heading styles, it’s time to insert your table of contents. You can either apply the heading styles to each section after you’ve finished the document, or you can add them as you go. You can manage this in two different ways. If you’re not happy with the types of heading styles available, you can change the default heading style. In addition to making the document more reader-friendly, a table of contents also makes it easier for the author to go back and add or remove content if necessary.īy default, Word generates a table of contents using the first three built-in heading styles (Heading 1, Heading 2, and Heading 3). To apply heading styles, select the particular style from the “Home” tab. All Rights Reserved.Regardless of the size of your document, using a table of contents can direct the reader to exactly where they need to be. \n omits the page number (so is displayed more like a heading/title) \l switch contains the level of the TC entry These give you extra control over how the entry will look in the TOC Level - This is the heading level where you want the entry to appear. Press (Alt + Shift + O) to display the "Mark Table of Contents Entry" dialog box. Highlight the text you want to include in the table of contents It is possible to control many aspects of the table of contents that you cannot easily control through the dialog box. This field will contain all the necessary information to display and format the table of contents accordingly. When Word inserts a table of contents into a document it will actually insert a TOC field.
#ADDING TO WORD 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS CODE#
The code in the TC field is just for instruction it is formatted as hidden text and will not be printed. The mark table of contents entry dialog box allows you to select the outline level that each TOC entry should have This displays the Mark Table of Contents dialog box. To mark a table of contents entry with a TC field, select the text that you want to appear in the TOC and press (Alt + Shift + O) You can use a TC field to further customise your table of contentsįor example you can use TC fields to omit page numbers from part of the TOC by adding a switch (\) in the TC field for a given entry To include text that occurs in the middle of a paragraph you can insert a TC field that contains the text you want.Īlthough it is possible to mark a portion of a paragraph with a heading style, Word only includes the text in a TOC field when it is marked at the beginning of a paragraph.
This tells Word to insert this text within the code into a table of contents. A TC field or table entry is a special code designated by the letters TC within curley brackets like