Develop Your Table of Contents: Video Tutorial

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Develop Your Table of Contents

This Element of the business plan provides an easy road map for the reader to quickly locate the various Elements. Your Table of Contents should be similar to the list of Elements (see the Business Plan Checklist) and contain accurate headings, subheadings and page numbers. Word processing programs have automatic Table of Contents functions that not only ensure that accurate page numbers are referenced but also can be adjusted easily, should your page numbers change.

Action

1. Update your table of contents.

How to Create a Table of Contents in Microsoft Word™

In Microsoft Word™, the Table of Contents function works with formatting in the body of your document. What this means to your business plan is that all headers you wish to appear in the Table of Contents must be formatted as a header (Header 1, Header 2, etc.). To create a Table of Contents, once you have formatted all headers within the document:

1. Click where you want to insert the Table of Contents.
2. On the Insert menu, point to Reference, and click Index and Tables.
3. Click the Table of Contents tab.
4. To use one of the available designs, click a design in the Formats box.
5. Select any other Table of Contents options you want.

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