Pages for Mac: Add a table of contents

Add a table of contents
Add a table of contents in a Pages document

Pages can generate an automatically updating table of contents (TOC) for your document, so as you add and delete content, the TOC is updated accordingly.

Some Pages templates already include a table of contents, which you can edit.

Generate a table of contents

  1. If you haven’t already done so, apply paragraph styles to the headings in your document that you want to appear in the TOC.

    As you add to the document, any headings with those styles will be added to the TOC automatically.

  2. Place the pointer where you want the table of contents to appear.

  3. Choose Insert > Table of Contents (from the Insert menu at the top of your screen, not the Insert button in the toolbar).

  4. Choose an option:

    • Document: Gathers entries from the entire document.

    • Section: Gathers entries from only the section where you’re inserting the table of contents.

    • To Next Occurrence: Gathers entries between this table of contents and the next table of contents if, for example, your document includes a TOC for each section.

  5. If the table of contents isn’t selected, click anywhere in the table of contents to select it.

  6. Click the Table of Contents tab at the top of the sidebar on the right, then select the paragraph styles you want to include.

    If you don’t see a sidebar, or the sidebar doesn’t have a Table of Contents tab, click Format button in the toolbar.

    The Table of Contents pane of the Format sidebar

Change the font for a table of contents

  1. Double-click the table of contents to select its text.

  2. Click the Text tab at the top of the sidebar on the right.

    If you don’t see a sidebar, or the sidebar doesn’t have Table of Contents and Text tabs at the top, click Format button in the toolbar.

  3. Use the controls in the Font section to make the changes you want.

Add leader lines between entries and page numbers

  1. Click the table of contents to select it.

    When the table of contents is selected, a blue line appears around it.

  2. Click the Text tab at the top of the sidebar on the right.

    If you don’t see a sidebar, or the sidebar doesn’t have Table of Contents and Text tabs at the top, click Format button in the toolbar.

  3. Click the disclosure triangle next to Tabs.

  4. In the table below Default Spacing, click the arrows in the Leader column and choose a line style.

  5. To adjust the line position, click the arrows in the Alignment column.

  6. To adjust the space between the table of contents entry and the page number, double-click the value in the Stops column, type a new value, then press Return on the keyboard.

    The smaller the number, the shorter the distance.

Delete a table of contents

  1. Click the table of contents to show its blue boundary box.

  2. Click just below the boundary box, then drag up until the boundary box becomes a thick, blue outline around the table of contents.

  3. Press Delete.

Last Modified: Jun 8, 2016
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