How to Update Table of Contents in Word

Need to update your Table of Contents after making changes to your document in Microsoft Word? Here's how.
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[@prasantaswain3959]

Perfect! Covers all required information in such a short video. Good work!

[@drumetry1302]

Excellent explanation!! Thank you for getting straight to the point.

[@latishaelliott7810]

Thank you so much! My need was within the first minute of this video. I’m so grateful! Will be saving.

[@dnpyahoo]

Brilliantly explained. Very clear voice and speed too. Thanks a lot.

[@ashleycowen5104]

Worked perfectly, using 2011 ver. of Word! Thank you!

[@daviman26]

Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much :)

[@colinlawrence3685]

Thanks a lot. Have a final year project to submit later today and I was confused but now I understand how to use this software.

[@DByrd-AZiVideo]

Thank you! I'm a new formatter and I was ripping my hair out until I found your video! Very Helpful.

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very helpful, greetings from Mexico.

[@farhadali4046]

outstanding explanation, God bless you

[@farishasandic933]

Very helpful, thank you so much

[@minura20]

amazing explanation..thanks heaps!

[@jenniferwitherspoon4850]

. Thank you, this is a quirky thing in Word, it was driving me batty not knowing how to update the table! Of course, now that you have explained it, , it seems more intuitive. I just thought it should do it automatically as inserted each heading

[@Tholin-tm7ps]

Best video for table of content ❤

[@fannyjiang5519]

Thank you saved my life

[@kainaatzulfiqar1900]

Thank you xx

[@sidecarsolutions]

Super helpful to show how to EDIT and not just create. Thank you!!

[@Contentsparks]

Hi Rebekah. I'm so glad that helped! It's always a bit tricky updating a TOC, especially if styles haven't been applied consistently to the text headers.

[@nawmeerahman8574]

it's great!!

[@gholamrezabonyadi5572]

Excellent👍🙏

[@Fluffyduckdown]

Thank you 🙏

[@diarmuidpeavoy4843]

Thank you for your useful video on updating the table of contents. I have a problem that you don't explain. I updated a table of contents but cannot find out to save the changes and EXIT table of contents updating area. I am still stuck with the image in the screen in updating mode, but cannot find how to exit that while saving my changes. I'm at this for a long time trying to resolve the issue. I'm using Word 2021 on a 2019 MacBook on macOS Big Sur 11.6. Help please!

[@top10s95]

Subscribed.

[@kavnmd3062]

Thanks

[@margiecallahan3009]

How do you highlight the table? Your instructions don’t work in my case

[@tommyharris5817]

I need help updating the TOC without losing the formatting. The font keeps changing to Calibri whenever I try, which is not what I want.

[@kimberley1235]

How about if the update numbers only disappears?

[@manuelos94]

what's the point of having those two options when updating?? I know you didn't develope/desing Word Office but I don't get that maybe you know

[@williammcdonald3147]

Sharon sheldon the goat

[@Nolan-fz3co]

I dont have update field?

[@jojozepofthejungle2655]

Please, when you upload a video, check the sound quality. While you are giving your intro, I don't think it's heard or paid attention to as you are too busy grappling with sound settings.

[@Contentsparks]

Thanks for the feedback. I actually recorded that several years ago. I've definitely improved a lot since then! My Blue Yeti is far better.

[@jojozepofthejungle2655]

@@Contentsparks awesome, I will definitely check out your other videos