

One of the key elements in generating this automatic table of contents in Word is the set of headings that you use throughout the document. When you’re talking about thousands of pages of reports and manuscripts, this ability to automatically create a table of contents that is linked to your whole document is highly critical. You also don’t have to keep on adjusting the page numbers and formatting of your table of contents to accommodate any changes you made to your document. For one, you don’t have to keep scrolling all throughout your document repeatedly. It can also save you from all the hassle and guesswork.

Knowing how to generate automatically a table of contents in Word can save you a lot of time.
