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# Index (table of contents)

The following options are available when you select Table of Contents as the index type.

To access this command...

Choose Insert - Table of Contents and Index - Table of Contents, Index or Bibliography - Type tab (when Table of Contents is the selected type)

## Type and Title

Specify the type and title of the index.

### Title

Enter a title for the selected index.

### Type

Select the type of index that you want to insert or edit. The options available on this tab depend on the index type that you select. If the cursor is in an index when you choose the Insert - Table of Contents and Index - Table of Contents, Index or Bibliography, you can then edit that index.

### Protected against manual changes

Prevents the contents of the index from being changed. Manual changes that you make to an index are lost when the index is refreshed. If you want the cursor to scroll through a protected area, choose LibreOfficeDev - Preferences Tools - Options - LibreOfficeDev Writer - Formatting Aids, and then select the Enable cursor check box in the Protected Areas section.

## Create Index or Table of Contents

### For

Select whether to create the index for the document or for the current chapter.

### Include up to level

Specify the maximum outline level for a paragraph, specified in Create from, to be included in the index.

## Create from

Use this area to specify which information to include in an index.

### Headings

Creates the index using headings levels. Any paragraph with a heading level less than or equal to the heading level specified in Include up to level is included in the index.

Paragraphs formatted with one of the predefined paragraph styles (“Heading 1–10”) have an outline level that corresponds to the number in the paragraph style. You can also assign outline levels to paragraphs in the Outline & List tab page of the Format - Paragraph dialog.

LibreOfficeDev creates the table of contents entries based on the outline level of the paragraph style and the paragraph contents. If the paragraph is empty, it will not be included in the table of contents. To force the empty paragraph to be listed in the table of contents, manually add a space or a non breaking space to the paragraph. Spaces added in the After text box of the Numbering tab in the Heading Numbering dialog will not work for this purpose, since they are part of the paragraph numbering, not the paragraph contents.

### Additional Styles

Includes paragraphs with the paragraph styles specified in the Assign Styles dialog as index entries. To select paragraph styles, click the Assign Styles button to the right of this option. Assigned paragraph styles must have an outline level less than or equal to the value specified in Include up to level to be included in the index.

Use “Additional Styles” to include paragraphs in the Table of Contents with the “Figure Index Heading” or “Bibliography Heading” paragraph style, as well as any other relevant paragraph style.

### Assign styles

Opens the Assign Styles dialog, where you can select paragraph styles to include in the index. Choose a desired index level for where a style will be displayed in the index.

### Index entries

Choose this option to include index entries inserted in the document with Insert - Table of Contents and Index - Index Entry in the generated index.

Related Topics

Index (user-defined)