How Do You Write A Table Of Contents?
• Write the document first. If you wish to use a table of contents as an outline to guide your writing, write it as an outline for now and do not include page numbers yet. • Organize the document. Decide upon your structure. Create the sections you will have. Polish up the document and finalize it as best you can. Especially if you are formatting the table of contents by hand, it is important that the contents you are listing stop changing. • Decide how detailed your table of contents will be. Will you list just the top-level headings, or will you list subheadings, or some level in between? • Assign page numbers throughout the document, or if you prefer, assign numbers to the headings and sub-headings. • Start a new page at the beginning of your document. Place the words “Table of Contents” at the top. • Create two columns on the page. • List the titles of the headings down the left column. List the corresponding page or section numbers in the right column.
