However, you need to create a title page and copyright page in your docx file before you upload. If you are using Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), it is almost the same. D2D will complete all the front matter, including your title page and table of contents. If you use Draft2Digital (D2D) to publish your ebooks, you only have to supply a Word docx file with no copyright or title page. You should check your document carefully to make sure there are no other instances of heading 2. The only action you need to take is to ensure that ONLY your chapter headings are using heading 2.
There is no need to create a table of contents in an ebook if you use the right software or upload it directly to Amazon KDP or an aggregator. Clicking the link will take you to Chapter Four.Ĥ. You can see the alt text box when you hover your cursor over the link. You now have a hyperlink to chapter four. In the next dialog box, open the Bookmarks menu if necessary and then select your chapter bookmark. In the next dialog box, select Document and then click Locate.
Now select the text and choose Hyperlink from the Insert menu. As you can see, I have already added the first three chapters. Now you need to add your chapter title to your navigation list manually. It can only be letters, so choose something recognizable for each of your chapters.Ĭlick Add, and you have set your bookmark. Select your chapter text, and then from the Insert menu, Bookmark. You start by adding a bookmark to your chapter headings. But again, make sure your chapter heading style is consistent and using heading 2.
It is a manual process, so you will not be automatically generating your TOC. While a standard TOC will navigate from the page numbers, it is not very obvious for readers or users. There are some uses for having a fully navigational or clickable TOC. Creating a navigational table of contents To make any alterations or changes, click into the TOC, and the same dialog box will appear.ģ. Right at the bottom, you can change the tab stops, alignment and add a leader if you wish. But there is one last setting to have your page number in the correct location next to your chapter titles. This will change the menu tab on the right. To style your TOC, click into the table of contents field. Next, select only the headings that you are using for your chapter titles. It is a similar process to Word, but with a couple of small differences.įirst, choose Insert Table of Contents and then Document at your insertion point. The process above is similar for most versions of MS Word, including Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word for Mac.Ģ.
The Toggle Field Codes is not very useful as it only shows the code behind your TOC.
Then update the table of contents and choosing update field. If you make any changes to your document, this will automatically update the page number or text changes you have made to your chapter headings.Īny time you make changes in your document, right-click on your TOC. In the same popup menu in the image below, you can update the table of contents dialog box by clicking Update fields.
You can then select from the menu to change the font or paragraph styles. If you want to make changes to your TOC styling, select all the text in your TOC and right-click. Your custom table of contents is now in your document. If you want to make font and style changes, click the Modify button.Ĭlick OK when you have finished styling your text. In this box, you can change the look and feel of your TOC heading style.
Related reading: How to add an index to an ebook Once all the headings in your document are set correctly, you are ready to create a TOC. But if you are formatting an ebook, you should not use page numbers for an ebook table of contents. You might also want to insert page numbers in the footer if you haven’t done so already. Use heading 1 only for your book title on the title page. Go through your Word document and select the text for each chapter heading and select heading 2. You don’t want these appearing in your TOC. Make sure you don’t use and headings in your copyright notices. If you want to use this heading level, select heading 3 style. On rare occasions, you might want to have sub-headings in a chapter. In most cases, you will choose heading 1 style for your book title and heading 2 style for your chapter titles. Consistent headings are the most important step before creating references, a table of contents, or footnote insertions.