Manually formatĪfter creating a table of contents, you can manually modify the formatting of text and numbers, including text size, text color, bold, and italic. Now, when updating the entire table of contents, the formatting options you set are automatically applied. After making your desired modifications to the table of contents style you selected, click OK on each of the open windows to save the changes.For example, you can select Font and change the font type, size, and color, and set it to bold or italic. Click the Format button in the bottom-left corner of the Modify Style window, and select an option to modify.Select one of the table of content styles in the Styles window and click the Modify button.In the Table of Contents window, click the Modify button near the bottom-right corner.In the dialog box or pop-down window, select the Custom Table of Contents option near the bottom.In the Table of Contents section, click the Table of Contents option.Click the References tab in the Ribbon.

After creating a table of contents, you can modify the formatting so that automatic updates replicate it.

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