Since the Table of Contents is a field and not regular text, it is not automatically updated by Word. You need to manually update it using Word’s Update Table feature.

While Word's generated formats are numbers only, you can update and customize a table of contents with your own text. Add text such as "page" before the numbers or other entries such as "see page ...

Microsoft Word will now rely on the headings applied in step 1 to form the table of contents, which includes any text where Heading 1, Heading 2, or Heading 3 was applied to, as well as the ...

QUESTION: I've created a Word document on my Windows 2000 system with a Table of Contents that "jumps" via field codes, and has hyperlinks to Web pages in the text content.

The Table of Contents button will display the same dialog used previously (when you added Heading 4 and unchecked the page numbering option), but don’t click the button now. Click OK to see the ...

A table of contents (TOC) is a useful feature in Word that helps readers navigate your document and find the information they need. However, the default TOC may not suit your style, format, or ...

Word will generate a table of contents based on your heading styles and insert it at the beginning of your document. Add your perspective Help others by sharing more (125 characters min.) Cancel ...

Next, add a new style named Appendix Subtitle to this style, and set its font size to 10pt. Finally, select the entire text of the Appendix Subheading style and copy it into the Appendix Subtitle ...

How to Customize Your Table of Contents in Microsoft Word for Desktop. In the Word app for PC, you can customize the look of your TOC in various ways. Go to “References -> Table of Contents -> Custom ...

As with most of the other Word functions, the Table of Contents wizard gives you several options. Two automated formats update your table based on text formatted in Headers 1 through 3, and a ...

Appendix at the top of page 2 now uses Heading 6, but we already know that a default table of contents won’t include Heading 6 text. To include that level, we must map it using a custom table of ...