#Cannot edit table of contents in word how to#

(The reason you set them to 1.5 cm is to allow for the extra space taken up by the extra numbers in the Heading 3 level.) Then set all the paragraph indentations to 0 cm and the left tab stops to, say, 1.5 cm. If you want something that looks like this: TOC 3: Paragraph indentation 2 cm, hanging 1.25 cm Tab stops 3.5 cm (left) and 16 cm (right).TOC 2: Paragraph indentation 1 cm, hanging 1.25 cm Tab stops 2 cm (left) and 16 cm (right).TOC 1: Paragraph indentation 0 cm Tab stops 1 cm (left) and 16 cm (right).You’ll need to modify the TOC styles so they are similar to these (all values in cm):

#Cannot edit table of contents in word how to#

In answer to Praveen’s question in the Comments, here’s how to set the various left alignments.

Check everything’s as you want it make further modifications as necessary.

Click OK when you’re asked to replace the Table of Contents.

When you’re finished, click OK to close the Style window.

17 cm) for the right tab stop position for each.

Repeat steps 4 to 8 for the other styles (TOC 2, TOC 3) that have tab stops you want to modify.

Click OK again to return to the Style window.

Click OK to return to the Modify Style window.

Set a new right tab stop position the same width as the body text of your document (e.g.

Select the tab stop position you want to change (e.g.

The Table of Contents tab is the only tab displayed.

Word 2007: Click the References tab, click the Table of Contents button, then select Insert Table of Contents from the bottom of the drop-down menu.

Word 2003: Select Insert > Reference > Index and Tables from the menu.

Click once anywhere in the Table of Contents.

The process for doing this in Word 2003 and Word 2007 is similar. There are probably a couple of ways of adjusting the right tab position, but here’s a method that works for me.

a dotted tab leader from the TOC entry to the page number on the right, which you want to preserve.

changed the page margins for the document - but now the right-aligned tab doesn’t extend to the full width of the new page margins (let’s say the current right-tab setting is 13.5 cm but you want it to be 17 cm).

an auto-generated Table of Contents (TOC) in your Word document.