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Add a table of contents with leaders

Leaders are the dots, dashes, or lines that follow the chapter or section titles in a table of contents and link those titles to page numbers.

1. On the Objects toolbar, click Text Box .
2. In your publication, point to where you want one corner of the text to appear, and then drag diagonally until you have the box size you want.
3. Type the title of your table of contents, and then press ENTER.
4. Double-click the horizontal ruler where you want the page number to appear.
5. In the Tabs dialog box, under Alignment, click Right.

   Note  If support for a right-to-left language is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Settings and you are typing text in a right-to-left language, click Trailing instead of Right.

6. Under Leader, click the option you want, and then click OK.
7. In your table of contents, type the name of the first entry, and then press TAB.
8. Type the page number for that entry, and then press ENTER.
9. Repeat steps 7 and 8 until you complete the table of contents.