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Create a Clickable Table of Contents in Microsoft Word – for eBooks!

As I began publishing Amazon Kindle books, I learned a lot about properly formatting books so that they appear great on e-readers. Having a clickable table of contents that links to each chapter is a great way to simplify the reading process for your readers. Rather than having to scroll through hundreds of pages to get to a different page, they can quickly click through the table of contents! So here is how to do it. Watch the video here:

If you don’t like watching my videos, here are the quick steps to creating your dynamic table of contents:

STEP 1: Go to each chapter title & turn the text into a ‘heading syle’
- Using styles in Microsoft Word can be done via the Quick Styles Gallery in the Home toolbar
- Apply a style you like like or create a custom one

STEP 2: Insert your table of contents.
- This can be done by just writing a list of chapters. Or under the References toolbar, click the Table of Contents button.

STEP 3: Hyperlink your table of contents. Note: if you chose to insert an automatic table of contents rather than just list our your chapters, it will automatically link to your chapters.
- Otherwise, select the text for each chapter in your custom made table of content
- hyperlink
- select document, then locate
- under headings, choose the heading for the corresponding chapter

See! That wasn’t so hard! As you can see, in the video I show you one way to do it. But you can also use the automatic table of contents creator to do it quickly!

Have a better way to do it? Share it in the comments below!

Keep Rocking and Rolling!

Phil

Phil Ebiner

My passion is inspiring people through online courses. I love learning new skills, and since 2012 have been teaching people like you everything I know. Through my online learning business, Video School Online, I create courses that teach you how to become the better version of yourself with all kinds of skills.