If the Table of Contents is not updating in your Microsoft Word document, you can use these methods to resolve the issue successfully.

If you want to learn how to create Table of Contents with or without page numbers in Word on a Windows 11/10 PC, read this guide.

Learn how to create, customize, and update an automatic table of contents in Microsoft Word with this step-by-step guide.

Inserting a table of contents in Microsoft Word provides an overview of the content. Here’s a guide on how to create a table of contents in Microsoft Word.

Word’s automatic table of contents generator takes each heading you add to a document, and then creates the table of contents based on that.

The table of contents has its own built-in style. However, whether you want it or not, the table of contents displays the italics because the table of contents inherits direct formatting.

Style your section headers as headings, go to references -> table of contents and select the one with periods across. That's the way baby. I prefer working with sytles in Word.