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After the page numbers, the table of contents is the next natural entity to clarify the structure of the document. Because you have used heading styles in your document, Word can create a table of contents for you automatically. Another advantage of Word's automatically generated table of contents is that it updates at the click of a button when you add new headings to your document.
The layout of the table of contents should be such that there is a clear distinction between the list and the content of the document itself. We make the distinction here by putting the table of contents on its own page.
Finally, we'll look at how to format your table of contents heading correctly.
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### Updating the table of contents
The table of contents is not automatically updated when you edit a document. It has to be updated separately each time. Updating should therefore always be a habit, whenever you have edited the table of contents. See the section below for instructions, Info: Updating the table of contents .
A table of contents has been added at the beginning of the document, on its own page. The layout is done by adding a page break to the document. The template also includes the completion an additional task to design the style of the table of contents heading.
Kuvassa tehtävän kolmetasoinen sisällysluettelo Task: Add a table of contents
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### Table of contents
Move the cursor to the very beginning of the document and add a page break here. You can make the transition to the top with the Ctrl+Home key combination.
Add a table of contents with the button Table of Contents Table of Contents References
Sisällysluettelo-ikkuna aukeaa Sisällysluettelo-napista
Choose from the available options either **Automatic Table 1 ** or **Automatic Table 2 **. The only difference is that the first will be titled Contents , the second Table of Contents .
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### Shortcut key
`Ctrl+Home`
Go to the top of the document
Task: Set the table of contents on its own page
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Adding a page break
Move the cursor to the beginning of the heading following the table of contents.
Add a page break by clicking on the button Page Break Pages Insert Ctrl+Enter key command.
Deleting a page break
If you later want to remove the page break, place the cursor at the end of the page and remove the page break
by clicking with the mouse in front of it and remove it with the Delete key.
Extra task: Style the heading of the table of contents
The heading of a table of contents does not appear in the table of contents. For that, it has its own style: TOC Heading
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### Edit the style of the table of contents heading
First, move the cursor to the heading of the table of contents. This makes it easier to find a style when Word highlights the active style.
Search the **TOC Heading ** style by clicking on the **Styles ** button in the menu in the **Styles ** group on the **Home ** tab. In the menu that opens, the desired style is highlighted, if the cursor is on the heding of the table of contents.
Right-click on the style button and select **Modify **. Edit the style to match the one you edited for the **Heading 1 ** style.
Info: Updating the table of contents
When changes are made to the content of a document that affect page numbering, the table of contents must be updated. This is done by clicking on the button Update Table
Päivitä taulukko… -painike sijaitsee Sisällysluettelo -painikkeen vieressä oikealla A window will appear where you can choose to update only the page numbers or the entire table of contents. You should select Update entire table
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Update all fields in one go
A handy way to update all references in one go is to first select the whole document with the Crtl+A key combination and update all fields in the selected area with the F9 key.
This will update not only the table of contents but also the cross-references (which we will cover later in the course).
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### Shortcut keys
`Ctrl+A`
Select the whole document
`F9`
Update the fields
Info: Deleting a table of contents
If you wish, you can remove a table of contents by opening the table of contents menu and selecting the option Remove Table of Contents
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