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Old 06-03-2025, 09:10 AM
Sheila L Sheila L is offline Custom headings aren't showing up in table of contents Windows 11 Custom headings aren't showing up in table of contents Office 2021
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My custom heading styles are based on the defaults -- Heading 1, Heading 2, and so on.



The custom headings aren't showing up in the table of contents. If I format them with the default heading styles, they do show up in the table of contents.

What can I do to fix this?

I'm in Word 2024. (There is no Word 2024 in the profile, so I chose 2021.)
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One of the above will have the answer to your question and give you more ideas for creating automatic Tables of Contents.

Guess: Assign an outline level of 1 to 3 to your custom paragraph styles.
Outlining - Outline Level Styles

You could attach a sample document with one of your custom heading and TOC field here and I or someone else can take a look at it.
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So why not use the built-in Heading Styles and modify them to suit your needs?
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