# Table of contents (/docs/enhance/table-of-contents)





The table of contents is built from the sections [Storyboard](/docs/convert-pdf/storyboard) places into pages — which in turn come from the structure you confirmed during [Sectioning](/docs/convert-pdf/sectioning). It gives every reader — and every screen reader — a navigable map of the book.

## Decisions to make [#decisions-to-make]

* **Does it reflect the real book?** If something looks wrong here — missing chapters, odd nesting, wrong titles — the cause is almost always upstream, in sectioning or storyboard, not in the table of contents itself. Fix the structure there and the table of contents follows.
* **Is the depth right?** A table of contents with every tiny sub-heading can be harder to navigate than one with a clear, shallow structure.
* **Verbatim or rephrased?** That's exactly what **TOC Mode** decides — see below.

## Configure and generate [#configure-and-generate]

Table of Contents needs Storyboard finished first. Once it's ready, open the **Table of Contents** stage and choose a **TOC Mode**:

* **Extract** — use section headings verbatim. Fast, deterministic, and preserves the original wording.
* **Dynamic** — let the model write descriptive chapter titles from each section's content. Best for storybooks, or when headings are missing.

A live sample preview on the right shows a nested contents list matching the mode you picked. When you're ready, select **Run TOC**.

<img alt="The Table of Contents stage before it has run, showing the TOC Mode choice alongside a sample table of contents preview" src="__img0" />

## Review and edit [#review-and-edit]

Once the table of contents is generated, search entries by title, and use **Add entry** to insert one manually. Each row's title is editable in place, and the indent arrows move it up or down a nesting level (three levels deep) — use **Remove** to delete one entirely.

Every entry links to a section of the book — the link picker lets you search for and reassign that section, and the external-link icon next to it opens the linked page in a new tab so you can confirm it points where it should.