🧭 Table of Contents for Google Docs™ — a clickable table of contents in the sidebar, automatic heading numbering, and a numbered table of contents you can insert straight into your document.

Google Docs™ can insert a basic Google Docs™ table of contents, but it will not number your headings, and the built-in outline panel is easy to lose. This add-on puts it all in one place: every heading in a sidebar tree, one-click jumps, heading numbers, and a table of contents in Google Docs™ you update anytime.

🚀 How to make a table of contents in Google Docs™

1. Install the add-on from the Google Workspace™ Marketplace.
2. In your document, open Extensions → Table of Contents for Google Docs™ → Open TOC Sidebar.
3. Click any heading in the sidebar tree to jump straight to that section.
4. Click Insert in document to drop a numbered table of contents at the top or at your cursor.

What it does:

1️⃣ Clickable sidebar outline — a live document outline where every heading is one click away.
2️⃣ Automatic heading numbering: numeric 1. 1.1 1.1.1, outline I. A. 1., or chapter style.
3️⃣ Remove numbers again in one click.
4️⃣ Insert a numbered table of contents into the document — the native one shows no numbers.
5️⃣ Update TOC rebuilds the inserted list in place, numbering included.
6️⃣ Show levels keeps the list at Heading 1–3, or opens all six levels.

📌 A Google Docs™ document outline that actually navigates

➤ The table of contents sidebar shows the document outline Google Docs™ users know — titles, subtitles, and every heading level in one clean tree.
➤ A "you are here" highlight marks the section your cursor sits in, so you keep your place.
➤ Click a line and the cursor jumps straight to that heading.
➤ Rename a heading inline, or collapse any section to focus on the part you are working on.
➤ One ↻ Refresh picks up new headings after you edit.

🔢 Number headings in Google Docs™ automatically

➤ Pick a style: 1., 1.1, 1.1.1 for technical docs, outline numbering I., A., 1. for legal and academic work, or chapter numbers for books.
➤ When a document starts at Heading 2, heading numbering still begins at 1.
➤ Existing numbers are recognized and replaced, so renumbering never doubles a prefix.
➤ Requests for Google Docs™ number headings go back years — now numbered headings are one click.

📑 A numbered table of contents for Google Docs™ — right in the document

Choose where it lives — top of the document or your cursor — and click Insert in document. You get a clean, numbered table of contents that Google Docs™ itself cannot build, printed like a book's contents page, with a title you can rename or hide. Edit, click Update TOC, and it rebuilds in place with the current numbers. Want clickable links too? Add Google's own Insert → Table of contents beside it — it uses the numbers this add-on wrote. Exactly what you expect from a table of contents for Google Docs™.

This table of contents add on Google Docs™ users asked for gives you three looks:

- Classic — black entries with a print look, top level in bold.
- Compact — a tight 10 pt list for dense documents.
- Flat — a clean, even list with no indents.

⚙️ Table of Contents for Google Docs™ saves your choices per document — numbering format, shown levels, style, and title — so a thesis keeps its outline numbering while meeting notes stay numeric.

🔒 Private by design. The add-on works only with the document you have open. Your text never leaves Google's environment, nothing is sent to the developer, no account to create.

❓ Frequently asked questions

How to add a table of contents in Google Docs™?

Open the sidebar from the Extensions menu and click Insert in document. After editing, click Update TOC — the list is rebuilt in place, right where it stands.

How to create a table of contents in Google Docs™ with numbers?

Number headings first, then insert: the Google Docs™ table of contents add on carries them into every entry — an automatic table of contents that never goes stale.

How to add headings in Google Docs™?

Use heading styles: select a line and apply Format → Paragraph styles → Heading 1 (or 2, 3, and so on). The sidebar is a live document outline that picks up every styled heading automatically.

Can the table of contents show page numbers?

No Google Docs™ add on can: the document format does not expose page positions. Instead you get a clean numbered list plus a clickable sidebar that reaches any section in one click.

Is there a navigation pane like the one in Word?

Yes — this sidebar is exactly that: a jump-to-heading tree for your google doc table of contents, plus the automatic numbering the native pane never had.

Is Table of Contents for Google Docs™ free?

Yes, the add-on is free. Install it from the Google Workspace™ Marketplace and outline your first document in seconds.

🎯 Stop scrolling fifty pages by hand — a Google Docs™ table of contents with numbers is one install away. Add Table of Contents for Google Docs™ from the Google Workspace™ Marketplace today.

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