An overviewĪdding an annotation to the TOC is a three-step process: If you don't, please read How to insert a table of contents into a Word document first. This article assumes you know how to generate a TOC. Instructions for earlier versions are included when significantly different. You can work with any short document that uses the built-in heading styles or you can download the demonstration. I'll be working with Word 2013 on a Windows 7 system.
In this article, I'll show you how to define and then apply a custom style you can map to your TOC for this purpose. For instance, you might want to add a short summary statement to a few (or all) sections in the TOC. Adding a simple table of contents (TOC) to a Word document is easy, but the basic list of sections and page numbers won't always be adequate.
