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For each heading that you want in the table of contents, select the heading text. Go to Home > Styles, and then choose Heading 1. Update your table of contents.

Type in a title (if required). Click on the References tab and click Table of Contents button. Choose a Table of Contents from the Built-In styles list. Highlight the heading within your document and select Styles.

To customize your existing table of contents: Go to References > Table of Contents. Select Custom table of contents. Use the settings to show, hide, and align page numbers, add or change the tab leader, set formats, and specify how many levels of headings to show.

A table of contents usually includes the titles or descriptions of first-level headings (chapters in longer works), and often includes second-level headings (sections or A-heads) within the chapters as well, and occasionally even includes third-level headings (subsections or B-heads) within the sections as well.

To include Heading 4's and below, there are a couple more steps. Click the References tab and select Table of Contents, except this time, you will select the Custom Table of Contents to change options. Under the General section, click the up arrow next to Show levels: to add Heading 4 or less to the Table of contents.

(To update the TOC, right-click on it and choose Update Field.) If headings in tables are still not showing up in your TOC, then it is possible that your document is exhibiting an early sign of corruption.

Creating subsections in your table of contents. To create a subheading in your table of contents, create the subheading in your document. Highlight it and click Heading 2 at the top of your screen. It will be added to your table of contents, nested underneath the appropriate chapter heading.