- Use Word’s built-in Heading styles: Heading 1, Heading 2, etc. in your document.
- Click the References tab.
- Click the first button on the ribbon: Table of Contents and choose a type.
If you want to change text in the table of contents, it is best to go to the heading in your document and change the text there. Then go up to your table of contents, click in its title and Update your table of contents.