Writer Guide

Tip
You can customize an existing table of contents at any time.
Right-click anywhere in it and select Edit Index/Table from
the pop-up menu. Continue as described in the next section,
“Customizing a table of contents”.
Customizing a table of contents
To insert a customized table of contents into your document:
1) Place the cursor where you want the table of contents to appear.
2) From the main menu, choose Insert > Indexes and Tables >
Indexes and Tables. The Insert Index/Table dialog box opens.
Figure 327. Index/Table page of Insert Index/Table dialog box
The Insert Index/Table dialog box (Figure 327) has five pages. Any or
all of them can be used when creating or editing a table of contents:
• Use the Index/Table page to set the attributes of the table of
contents.
• Use the Entries and Styles pages to format the entries in the table
of contents.
• Use the Columns page to put the table of contents into more than
one column.
• Use the Background page to add color or a graphic to the
background of the table of contents.
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