


#WORD FOR MAC TABLE OF CONTENTS CODE#
The field code information appears between curly brackets, taking the place of the headings normally displayed in the table of contents.Ĭhange the numbers in the quotation marks. To display the field code for the entire table, you must Control + click at the beginning or end of a line.

Tip: If you Control + click in a line in the table of contents and toggle field codes, Word only displays the field code for that line. You can edit the field code information for the table of contents to quickly change the number of heading levels it includes.Ĭlick in your table of contents at the first position on the first line after the title, press Control + click, and then click Toggle Field Codes. To learn more about field codes, see Field codes in Word. When you Create a table of contents, Word inserts the TOC field. For example, when you Add page numbers, Word inserts the Page field. Word inserts field codes automatically when you use particular commands. When you are asked whether you want to replace the existing table of contents, click Yes. In Table of Contents, in the Show levels list, choose the number of levels that you want, and then click OK.įor example, if you click 2, then all text with the Heading 1 style or the Heading 2 style applied is displayed in the table of contents. Replace the table of contentsĬlick References > Table of Contents > Custom Table of Contents. Tip: If you want to change the level of an individual table of contents entry, change the heading level of that text in the body of your document. A shorter, but more technical, way to do it is to edit the field code information. The most common way to change the number of levels shown in your table of contents is to replace the existing table with one that contains the levels you want.
