📘 Chapter 4: Creating Table of Contents (TOC)
🔷 Introduction
📝 A Table of Contents (TOC) is a list that displays the headings or titles in a document along with their page numbers.
📌 It acts like a roadmap of your document and is mostly used in long documents such as reports, books, and project files.
🔷 What is a Table of Contents?
📂 A TOC is a structured list of the contents of a document. It includes headings like Chapter titles and their page numbers.
🧩 TOCs are generated based on the paragraph styles (like Heading 1, Heading 2) applied to the text in LibreOffice Writer.
🧭 It allows easy navigation, especially in digital files where users can jump directly to a section.
🔷 Steps to Create a Table of Contents in LibreOffice Writer
✅ Step 1: Apply appropriate heading styles to your content using Heading 1, Heading 2, etc.
✅ Step 2: Click where you want to insert the TOC (usually at the start of the document).
✅ Step 3: Go to Insert → Table of Contents and Index → Table of Contents, Index or Bibliography.
✅ Step 4: In the dialog box, under the Type tab, choose Table of Contents.
✅ Step 5: Click OK. Your TOC will appear with the headings and page numbers.
🔷 Customizing the Table of Contents
⚙️ You can personalize your TOC by formatting levels, fonts, spacing, etc.
🛠️ Right-click on the TOC → Click on Edit Index.
🎨 You can now:
🔸 Change how many heading levels to show (e.g., 2 or 3 levels).
🔸 Modify font, alignment, indentation for different levels.
🔸 Enable hyperlinks for each entry (very useful for PDF/digital documents).
🔷 Updating the TOC
🔄 If you add or delete content in your document, the TOC does not update automatically.
📌 To refresh it, right-click on the TOC and select Update Index.
✔ This will update the page numbers and headings in the TOC based on the latest changes.
🔷 Benefits of Using Table of Contents
✅ Makes long documents easier to read and navigate.
✅ Automatically links to sections (if hyperlinks are enabled).
✅ Saves time and improves the look of the document.
✅ Professional presentation of reports and projects.
