Hi all, I am working on a project and need to create an automatic Table of Contents on my Microsoft Word 2008 application. However, when I go to insert the TOC it puts on my paper, "Word did not find any entries for your table of contents". Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can fix this? Thank you for your help!
June 24th, 2010 on 3:13 am
You have to tell Word what you want in the TOC. "Entries" for a TOC are usually paragraphs with Heading 1, Heading 2 or Heading 3 paragraph styles (this is adjustable with the Table of Contents dialog box) and/or specially marked sections of text, also settable with that dialog box.
In versions of Word for Windows 2000-2003, this is accessible this way:
1. Click the Tools->Reference->Index and Tables menu item.
2. Click the Table of Contents tab.
3. Click the Options button.
In Word for Window 2007, the same dialog box is reachable this way:
1. Click the References tab on the Ribbon.
2. Click Table of Contents, then select Insert Table of Contents.
3. Click the Options button.
You should get a message about replacing the existing Table of Contents. Click Yes.
Hope that helps.