In two columns the ToC takes up a lot less space (much less than a whole page) and the page numbers are closer to the heading. These days Word adds the Section Break (continuous) before and after the selected text. Long time Word users will remember when setting columns was a lot hard with Section Breaks etc. It’s also easier to read because there’s less space between the text and the page number.Ĭhoose the Table of Contents then Layout | Columns | Two Usually the ToC can fit into two columns more effectively. All the tab leaders (the dots etc across) fill up the page. Standard Table of Contents/Figures/Equations take up a lot of unnecessary horizontal space. Make a Table or list of Tables in a Word document.These tips also apply to other ‘Table of …’ parts of Word documents:
We’ve seen ToC’s for big documents that take up many, many pages. Here’s an example of a Table of Contents (ToC) that’s grown too big using Word’s default settings. There are some simple Microsoft Word tricks to squeeze a Table of Contents (or Table of Figures etc) into less pages. Thanks for joining us! You'll get a welcome message in a few moments.
