How to create 'Table of Contents' in MS Word?

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How to create 'Table of Contents' in MS Word?

You are creating a word document and you wish to create a 'Table of Contents'. To do this there is no need to individually type all your headings and manually scroll down the document to find the page numbers to create a manual table of contents. MS Word can generate this 'Table of Contents' automatically. To generate this table of contents automatically follow these steps.
Decide on which headings should come in the table of contents. Then you have to organize your document with proper headings
For example you should have Headings and sub headings etc. To convert normal text into headings, goto the portion of the document where you have typed the heading. Select the heading text and from your 'formatting' tool bar instead of 'Normal' choose 'Heading 1'.
For sub headings select the sub headings and change the formatting to 'Heading 2' and your sub sub headings to 'Heading 3' and so on.
Once your document is formatted with Headings and Normal text now place your cursor where you want to insert the 'Table of contents'. Usually in the beginning of the document.
Now from the menu bar select 'Insert'->'Index and Tables' or 'Insert'->'Reference'->'Index and tables' based on the version of MS Word you are using to open the 'Index and Tables' dialog box.
In the 'Index and tables' dialog box select the 'Table of contents' tab.
In the 'Table of contents' tab select the desired format you want such as 'classic' , 'formal' etc and click OK.
In the 'Table of contents' tab you can also change the 'Show level' field and choose upto what level of headings you want to display in the table of contents.
Now Word will automatically create the 'Table of contents' and display it in the document.
Once you have created the table of contents and then you make changes to the document your page numbers will change. Therefore you may need to change the table of contents page. For this there is no need to generate the table of contents again. Instead place the cursor on the table of contents and right click. On the menu select 'Update filed' and update the entire table. Now word will automatically update the table of contents