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Create and update a table of contents

Create and update a table of contents

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Create and update a table of contents

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- [Instructor] In this week's Word tip, we're going to deal with creating and updating an automated table of contents. A table of contents will typically appear in longer documents in Word. We're going to work this file called Best of Landon Hotel Guide 002. Check out the bottom left corner in the status bar, it's an eight-page document, this will work for a table of contents. Page one is a cover page, it talks about the different Landon hotels that will be covered in this issue. As we scroll down to the next page you can see it's blank. This is ideal for a table of contents, so as you're creating your own longer documents, remember to keep a page aside for a table of contents. It can be added after the fact, but I like to have it sitting there waiting. Now we'll scroll down to the next page. Page three actually has content about the first Landon hotel in West End, London. You can see there's a heading there, some paragraph text, and it continues on to the next page with another…

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