How to Create a Table of Content using Microsoft Word

Creating a Table of Content can sometimes prove to be a very tough task. Remember those days we would manually scan through all pages of a document and then try to capture titles and page numbers and then go on to create a separate page with all these titles . This can be a nightmare! This does not have to be so. To automatically create a Table of Content in Microsoft word, the following steps are very essential:

• Obtain the Document and make sure it has page numbers in place
• Use the default heading styles or create different styles for different heading levels i.e 1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.1.1 etc.
• Apply the heading styles appropriately
• Insert the table of content in the blank page you have reserved using the default heading styles in word or the custom styles you created
• You can update your table of contents once you make any changes to your content.