Help on using microsoft word in mac

hi! i have ms word in my macbook. i would like to ask how to do the automatic table of contents feature in the program. thanks

Hi,
main thing is to use the heading styles when writing each heading you want to appear in the contents table. So if its chapter headings, make sure each time you type the title at the start of a chapter you use "heading 1" (under "styles" in the Formatting Palette, which is the icon to the right of the red briefcase in the toolbar). You can alter the style of any given heading level. If you want subheadings in the table, make sure you use "heading 2" for those. when you're done, just choose Insert menu, choose Index andf Tables, then Table of Contents, and the table of contents is created for you.
There's quite good instructions in the help menu.
Good luck,
Bob

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