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Update a table of contents

The table of contents is like a snapshot of content in your document. If page numbers in your document change, or if you edit headings or other elements associated with table of contents entries, you’ll need to regenerate the table of contents to update it.

  1. Open the document containing the table of contents.
  2. Do any of the following:

    • To make changes to table of contents entries, edit your document or booked documents, not the table of contents story itself.

    • To change the formatting applied to the table of contents title, entries, or page numbers, edit the paragraph or character styles associated with these elements.

    • To change how pages are numbered (for example, 1, 2, 3 or i, ii, iii), change section numbering in the document or book. (See Number pages, chapters, and paragraphs in a book.)

    • To specify a new title, include other paragraph styles in the table of contents, or further format table of contents entries, edit the TOC style.

  3. Choose Layout > Update Table Of Contents.