A table of contents will be inserted into the top of your document. If you wish for the table of contents to be on a separate page, place your cursor just below the table of contents and click on the Insert tab. Select Page Break from the Break menu. Word 2011 for mac, table of contents. Discussion in 'Mac Apps and Mac App Store' started by Romano FC, Jan 31, 2012. Most Liked Posts. Romano FC, Jan 31, 2012.
A table of contents in Word is based on the headings in your document.
Create the table of contents
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.
To update your table of contents manually, see Update a table of contents.
If you have missing entries
Missing entries often happen because headings aren't formatted as headings.
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.
Create the table of contents
Word uses the headings in your document to build an automatic table of contents that can be updated when you change the heading text, sequence, or level.
Click where you want to insert the table of contents – usually near the beginning of a document.
Click References > Table of Contents and then choose an Automatic Table of Contents style from the list.
Note: If you use a Manual Table of Contents style, Word won't use your headings to create a table of contents and won't be able to update it automatically. Instead, Word will use placeholder text to create the look of a table of contents so you can manually type each entry into the table of contents. To update your manual table of contents, see Update a table of contents.
If you want to Format or customize your table of contents, you can. For example, you can change the font, the number of heading levels, and whether to show dotted lines between entries and page numbers.
If you have missing entries
Missing entries often happen because headings aren't formatted as headings.
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.
Put your cursor where you want to add the table of contents.
Go to References > Table of Contents, and choose Insert Table of Contents.
If you make changes in your document that affect the table of contents, do the following:
Click or tap in the table of contents,
Go to References > Table of Contents, and choose Update Table of Contents.
For more detailed ways of updating the table of contents, or to create a table of contents, use the Open in Word command to open the document in your desktop version of Word (Windows or Mac).
To learn more, see steps for creating a table of contents in Word for Windows or Mac.
Get the learning guide
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.
How do I turn a table of contents into a plain formatted text without field codes? I want to cut it away from the rest of the doc as an outline.
I'm using Word 2011 on a Mac.
slhck4 Answers
The Table of Contents is a fieldcode so it can be converted to text by unlinking the fieldcode.
Do the following:
- Highlight the entire Table of Contents.
- Press Ctrl+Shift+F9 (Windows) or or Cmd+Shift+F9 (Mac) to unlink the field code.
If you want to keep the same format and remove that annoying frame around the TOC after you made it static try this:
- Select the text of TOC.
- Copy and Paste to a new location using 'Use destination styles (S)' mode]
- Uncheck 'Keep Content Controls' box
- Enjoy!
Select the text inside the table of contents.
Then, click Edit » Copy (or Cmd-C) and click Edit » Paste Special… (or Cmd-Ctrl-V). Here, select the option to paste as 'Unformatted Text'. This is the result – apply formatting as you wish:
If you want to keep the style, paste as 'Styled Text':
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If you want to keep the formatting as it looks in your original document, you can take a screen shot of the pages and save it as an image, then print that.
Another way to keep the formatting, is paste as stylized text then manually put in full stops.