Inserting Table of Content (TOC) in a document

 There are many ways of creating a good impression to a document. One of the many ways is ensuring that your document has a table of content. It allows users of the document to have a general overview of the  content as well as allowing a user go directly to a specific section of the document. In this article we will look at how to insert Table of Contents to a document.

Step1: Have your document with the necessary titles that you would like to appear on the Table of Content;

Step 2: Format your title with the appropriate style;

for example;

Step 3: Position the cursor on where you want the Table of Content to appear, then navigate to References Menu and click on  Table of Content dropdown;

Step 4: From the Dropdown, Choose the desired format of the Table of Content.

 

Step 5: A table of Content will automatically appear at the set location;

Step 6; If by any chance you change the content, Word processor programs provide a way to update the table of content. Here is how to go about it;

a. Click on the table of content that you have inserted and a button "Update table" will appear.

b. Click on the button "Update Table" and a dialogue box will appear to choose either 

    Update pages only or Update entire table(I prefer update the entire table).

There you go!!

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