How to modify a Table of Contents in Microsoft Word. Youve built a Table of Contents in Microsoft Word using the Styles feature to mark the TOC entries or by marking them manually. And just when youre about to pat yourself on the back for having an automatic Table of Contents in your document, you notice somethings a little off. Maybe the fonts not quite right. TechComm/acchtml/ch11fg4.gif' alt='Microsoft Word Table Of Contents Roman Numerals' title='Microsoft Word Table Of Contents Roman Numerals' />Or perhaps the fonts okay but the spacings not. Or the indentation. Or you wantdont want the dot leaders running up to the page numbers. Formatting Page Numbers in Microsoft Word Utilizing Roman Numerals and Arabic Numbers Properly formatting page numbers in Microsoft Word can appear to be a daunting. Unlike other word processors, Word 2010 comes packed with a number of options and features to quickly insert and manage page number in the header and foote. Suffice it to say you just want to alter the format of it. But how Lets take a look at a sample generated Table of Contents Right away, I see several problems Fonts are not consistent. Youve built a Table of Contents in Microsoft Word using the Styles feature to mark the TOC entries or by marking them manually. And just when youre about to pat. How to Add a Footnote to Microsoft Word. Footnotes allow you to cite sources or explain a concept in detail without sidetracking the main text. Word makes managing. Theres a mix of Times New Roman the font for the rest of the brief and Arial. Id probably prefer a bit more white space between the second level entries. Add-a-Footnote-to-Microsoft-Word-Step-10-Version-2.jpg/aid1493383-v4-728px-Add-a-Footnote-to-Microsoft-Word-Step-10-Version-2.jpg' alt='Microsoft Word Table Of Contents Roman Numerals And Numbers' title='Microsoft Word Table Of Contents Roman Numerals And Numbers' />Oxford Dictionaries named Face With Tears of Joy its 2015 Word of the year. Oxford noted that 2015 has seen a sizable increase in the use of the word emoji. Microsoft Word Tutorials Matching Tests topics Getting Started in Microsoft Word 6 Tutorials Tests Working with Text in Microsoft Word 2 Tutorials. Automatic Numbering in Microsoft Word What You Will Learn. After completing this lesson, you will be able to. Freddy Vs Jason Vs Ash 4 President. I dont like the way the right indentation on the second level entries is behaving too close to the page numbers. To fix the Table of Contents, I basically replace it. Yes, there are other ways to modify TOC entries if youre already comfortable with Styles, but I prefer this method because it doesnt involve me searching all over the document for each Style and modifying it separately. To may to, to mah to. Which means first, we select the entire Table of Contents with the mouse and hit Delete. Now, we can re define the Table of Contents the way we want. First, we go to the References tab and find the Table of Contents menu on the far left That brings us to the Table of Contents dialog box. Well click Modify at the bottom which will take us to the Style dialog box This dialog box lists all of the Styles associated with Table of Contents entries. Since the Styles control the formatting of the entries in the Table of Contents, we need to modify the Styles to correct the formatting. The first entry that has incorrect formatting is TOC 2 the second level entries. Click on that click 1 above to see the current settings in the Preview window, then click on Modify click 2. Heres where we can fix everything thats wrong with the second level TOC entries we can change the font from Arial to Times New Roman with the drop down in the center, and we can fix the paragraph issues the right indentation and the amount of vertical space before and after by clicking on the Format button at the bottom and choosing Paragraph from the menu. That will take us to the familiar Format Paragraph dialog box We can repeat the same steps for any other TOC entries that need adjusting, but you get the idea, right We can check our progress when we get back to the Table of Contents dialog box Notice how the Print Preview window circled in red has changed from the first time we saw it. Also notice that, if we want morefewer TOC levels, or we want to alter or delete the dot leader, those options are available under General in the lower third of the dialog box. Once we have finished modifying the TOC Styles, we click OK to insert the new Table of Contents. So, for my friend Judy, who has asked me repeatedly to do a tutorial on how to modify the format of a Table of Contents there it isphoto credit DArcy Norman via Flickr http www.