Chapter 4: Creating Table of Contents - Class 10 Notes

Chapter 4: Table of Contents - Class 10 IT 402 Notes

📘 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.

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