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Inserting the Table of Contents

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Create the Table of Contents

Once your paper is divided into sections, it's ready for the table of contents. You are almost finished!

First, create a blank page at the beginning of your paper. Do this by going to the very beginning and selecting Insert and select Break and Page Break.

From the tool bar, go to Insert, then select Reference and Index and Tables from the drop down lists.

A new window will pop up.

Select the Table of Contents tab and the select Okay.

You have a table of contents!

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