

From the pop-up menu, choose Edit Index/Table.

To edit an existing table of contents: Right-click anywhere in the TOC. A lot of what I’ll share on Office and SharePoint will also be applicable to none “Office 365” versions.In the "Update Table of Contents" dialog box pick "Update entire table." Word won’t include a non-heading style when it inserts an automatic TOC. And let’s not forget all the great new Apps & services available. I will be sharing any news, tips and tricks around Office / Office 365 / Windows / Mobility and Security. I did a similar challenge with Office 365, blogs can be found here. I won’t just be talking about the new Microsoft 365 subscription model. I will write 365 blogs in 365 days around Microsoft 365. This still works when you save the document as a PDF. Apart from this being the Index to your document, it also serves to be hyperlinks, which will when clicked on – take you to that place in the Word document.

Keep in mind that you have to update the table before finalizing the document to refresh any changes you’ve made. You have to update the table, do so by right-clicking on the table (1), and selecting Update Field (2), you might have to select whether you want to update only the page numbers, or the entire table (3):

As you start adding content with headings, you can select the heading (1), click on the References Tab (2), click on Add Text (3) and choose the level you would like it to appear on (4): The table now appears on your Word document. Once inserted, you’ll receive a message informing you how to add headings into your table of contents: To do this, click on the place where you’d like to add the Index, click on the References Tab (1), then on Table of Contents (2) and choose the style you would like to use (3), this can be changed later: You can insert the Table of Contents – before you have content, which also makes it easier to structure content as you go along. My Word skills suck, but I’m getting better at it.įor previous posts in my #Microsoft365Challenge go to the index Table of Contents: It’s also one of the only things I know how to do in Word. #Microsoft365 – Inserting a Table of Contents in #MSWord is one of the easiest ways to make your documents look super professional.
