Join Jess Stratton for an in-depth discussion in this video Creating a table of contents, part of Google Docs Essential Training.
- You can add a table of contents to your Google Doc…so that anybody who is reading this on a computer…can click their mouse and quickly go…to the correct area that they wanna read.…Table of contents use the Heading styles in your document.…So the first thing that you should do…is go through all the sections that you want to appear…in your table of contents and make sure…that they're correctly set to the right heading.…If they're not, you can click and drag…and highlight your text and change it…to the Heading section that you need it to be.…
After that, place the cursor…where you want your table of contents to appear.…Click Insert from the top menu…and choose Table of contents all the way down at the bottom.…A table of contents will appear.…And now, once you click away from it,…users can click on these links…and go to where they need to be in your document.…There's a few things that we can do here.…The first one is to go through and make sure…that everything has been included.…
If you find text that you don't like,…
Author
Jess Stratton
Released
3/9/2015- Creating, naming, saving, and editing docs
- Formatting text
- Creating a table of contents
- Inserting images and tables
- Copying, renaming, and moving docs
- Publishing docs on the web
- Sharing docs
- Translating docs
- Using Google Docs on mobile devices
Skill Level Appropriate for all
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome44s
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Who can use Google Docs?1m 9s
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1. Getting Started with Google Docs
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Navigating Google Docs2m 58s
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2. Editing Google Docs
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Formatting text2m 57s
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Using the Paint Format tool2m 29s
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Adding page numbering1m 31s
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Creating a table of contents3m 16s
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Setting view options2m 6s
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3. Working with Images
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Working with image placement3m 42s
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Inserting a Google drawing2m 49s
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4. Working with Tables
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Setting table options1m 27s
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Resizing a table1m 34s
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Formatting cells2m 48s
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5. Working with Google Docs
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Deleting and restoring a doc2m 40s
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Downloading a doc2m 23s
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Including add-ons in a doc2m 11s
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6. Collaborating with, and Sharing, Google Docs
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Publishing a doc to the web2m 24s
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Printing a doc1m 46s
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Emailing a doc1m 53s
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Sharing a doc with others3m 33s
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Adding comments to docs2m 9s
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7. Using Google Docs on a Mobile Device
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Working with docs in the app3m 41s
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Conclusion
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Next steps26s
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