How to Make a Table of Contents in Microsoft Office

The table of contents (TOC) wizard in Microsoft Office is a part of the Word application, which creates a page in your document that lists each chapter. In older word processing applications, you needed to create the TOC manually. However, in Microsoft Office, the wizard automatically creates the TOC for each paragraph you specify as the beginning of a chapter. This is beneficial for long technical papers or eBook writers.

Instructions

1

Start Microsoft Word and open your document. Place your cursor in front of the new paragraph that starts a chapter.

2

Click the "Insert" menu item in the main toolbar. Select "Reference" and then choose "Index and Tables" from the choices. If you have Office 2007, click the "Reference" ribbon tab. Click the "Table of Contents" button in the "Table of Contents" group.

3

Click the "Table of Contents" tab. Click the button labeled "Show Outlining Toolbar." If you have Office 2007, you do not need to do this step.

4

Select the style and layout for your table of contents. Word has several options for number fonts, colors and styles. Click "OK."

5

Scroll to the table of contents page created by the wizard. The table of contents is created with the associated page number for the chapter. You can insert each subsequent chapter using the same process as above.