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<h1 id="hd_id3147104"><variable id="indices_toc"><link href="text/swriter/guide/indices_toc.xhp">Creating a Table of Contents</link></variable></h1>

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<paragraph id="par_id3150942" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">The best way to generate a table of contents is to apply the predefined heading paragraph styles, such as "Heading 1", to the paragraphs that you want to include in your table of contents. After you apply these styles, you can then create a table of contents.</paragraph>

<h2 id="hd_id5876949">To Insert a Table of Contents</h2>

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    <paragraph id="par_id3150510" role="listitem">Click in your document where you want to create the table of contents.</paragraph>
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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3150528" role="listitem">Choose <emph>Insert - Table of Contents and Index - Table of Contents, Index or Bibliography</emph>, and then click the <link href="text/swriter/01/04120211.xhp"><emph>Type</emph></link> tab.</paragraph>
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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3153746" role="listitem">Select "Table of Contents" in the <emph>Type</emph> box.</paragraph>
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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3146856" role="listitem">Select any options that you want.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3146872" role="listitem">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3146896" role="paragraph">If you want to use a different paragraph style as a table of contents entry, select the <menuitem>Additional Styles</menuitem> check box in the <menuitem>Create from</menuitem> area, and then click the <menuitem>Assign styles</menuitem> button next to the check box. In the <menuitem>Assign Styles</menuitem> dialog, click the style in the <menuitem>Style</menuitem> list, and then click the index level for the selected style.</paragraph>
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<tip id="par_id1001574720273772">%PRODUCTNAME creates the table of contents entries based on the outline level of the paragraph style and the paragraph contents. If the paragraph is empty, it will not be included in the table of contents. To force the empty paragraph to be listed in the table of contents, manually add a space or a non breaking space to the paragraph. Spaces added in the <emph>After</emph> text box of the Numbering tab in the Heading Numbering dialog will not work for this purpose, since they are part of the paragraph numbering, not the paragraph contents.</tip>
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<h2 id="hd_id3153148">To Update a Table of Contents</h2>
<paragraph id="par_id3153161" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Do one of the following:</paragraph>

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    <paragraph id="par_id3153183" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Right-click in the table of contents and choose <emph>Update Index or Table of Contents</emph>.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3147066" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Tools - Update - All Indexes and Tables</emph>.</paragraph>
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