Generate a Table of Contents in Word

The Headings in your Word document can be used to automatically create a table of contents. For each Heading that you want in the table of contents, highlight the text and then select the type of Heading in the Ribbon (Home > Styles).

To create the table of contents

1. Put your cursor where you want to add the table of contents.
2. Go to References > Table of Contents and choose an automatic style.
3. 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.