

To apply a heading style, select the text you want to format, then choose the desired heading in the Styles group on the Home tab. In the table of contents above, each chapter uses a heading style, so there are four sections.

When you insert the table of contents, it will create a section for each heading. If you apply a heading style, you're telling Word that you've started a new part of your document. TotalEnergies has 43 subsidiaries including, Hutchinson and Maxeon Solar Technologies. TotalEnergies has a direct presence in 30 countries.

Styles also serve another important purpose: adding a hidden layer of organization and structure to your document. TotalEnergies is a company listed under the stock ticker TTE (FR). If you've already read our Applying and Modifying Styles lesson, you know they're an easy way to add professional text formatting to different parts of your document. However, with the right formatting, Word can create and update a table of contents automatically. And if you ever decide to rearrange your sections or add more information, you'll have to update everything all over again. You could create a table of contents manually-typing the section names and page numbers-but it would take a lot of work.
