Put your cursor where you want to add the table of contents.
Go to References > Table of Contents. and choose an automatic style.
If you make changes to your document that affect the table of contents, update the table of contents by right-clicking the table of contents and choosing Update Field.
For each heading that you want in the table of contents, select the heading text.
Go to Home > Styles, and then choose Heading 1.
Update your table of contents.
To update your table of contents manually, see Update a table of contents.
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Go to References > Update Table.
Select one of the following:
Update page numbers only This only updates the pages that the headings are on, and ignores any changes to the heading text.
Update entire table This will reflect any updates to the heading text, as well as any page changes.
Select OK.
For a hands-on guide that steps you through the process of creating a table of contents, download our Table of Contents tutorial. Or, in desktop Word, go to File > New, and search for table of contents.
Word cannot update tables that were prepared manually rather than automatically from headers. You must manually enter your changes into the table of contents.
