How to edit a drop down List in Microsoft Word 2013

After you havecreated a table of contentsin Word, you can customize the way it appears. For example, you can change the layout, change the text formatting, select how many heading levels to show, and choose whether to show dotted lines between the entries and the page numbers.

For basic instructions oncustomizing a table of contents, seeChange the layout of your table of contentsbelow.

Here are some other ways you can edit your table of contents.

Format the text:

Change the level of an entry:

Add dot leaders:

Change the number of levels shown:

Change the layout of your table of contents

On theReferencestab of the Ribbon clickTable of Contents>Custom Table of Contents.
Make your changes in theTable of Contentsdialog box. Youll see what they look like in thePrint PreviewandWeb Previewareas.
- To add a dot leader, or dotted line, between each entry and its page number, click theTab leaderlist and then click the dotted line. You can also choose a dash leader or remove the leader entirely and just have a blank space.
- To change the overall appearance of your table of contents, click theFormatslist, and then click the format that you want.
- To change the number of levels displayed in your table of contents, clickShow levels, and then click the number of levels you want.
Tip:"Levels" in this context refers to your heading levels. You may have Heading 1 for your major headings then Heading 2 for your subsections of those headings. You can have even more sub-levels within those that in your table of contents if you choose.
ClickOK.