Microsoft Word has a built-in feature for creating a table of contents. Learn how to substitute your own custom styles for the default styles.

Using styles in Word makes it easy to format headings, paragraphs, lists, quotes, and other elements in your document. You can use built-in styles in Word or create a custom style to meet your ...

To quickly make a table of contents in Microsoft Word choose the "References" menu at the top of the window and select "Table of Contents" from the dropdown menu. Then, choose a style.

Let’s recap a bit. You created a custom style that looks like Heading 1 and named it H1 Custom. Then, you applied the custom style to the headings you don’t want in the table of contents.

Make your table pop with Table Styles, Shading, Border Styles, Borders, or Border Painter. The table below uses one of the many preset styles that comes with Word.

Make your Microsoft Word and PowerPoint documents stand out by creating your own one-click formatting with Style Sheets (formerly known as style sets).

Put Microsoft Word's styles to good use Create custom styles in Word 2003 and 2007 to reformat documents quickly, and to help others format their files in a uniform manner.

How to create Word template in Office 2019 The option to create a template is available on Word included with Microsoft 365, Word 2019, Word 2016, and older versions.