A table of contents, usually leads only Content and is abbreviated informally as TOC, is a list, usually found on the page before the start of a written job, from chapter or section title or short description with their starting page number.
Video Table of contents
The earliest use
Pliny the Elder praised Quintus Valerius Soranus (d.82 BC) as the first author to provide a table of contents to help readers navigate the long work. Pliny's own contents table for the encyclopaedic Naturalist Historia ("Natural History") can be viewed online in Latin and English (after dedication).
Maps Table of contents
Form
The table of contents usually includes the title or description of the first level header, such as the title of the chapter in the longer work, and often includes the second level titles or the (A-head) section in chapters as well, and sometimes sometimes even a third level title (subsection or B-heads ). The depth of detail in the table of contents depends on the length of the job, with longer jobs having less. Formal reports (ten pages or more and too long to put in memos or letters) also have a table of contents. In an English book, the table of contents usually appears after the title page, copyright notice, and, in technical journals, abstracts; and before the list of tables or pictures, introduction, and introduction.
The list of printed tables indicates the number of pages in which each section begins, while the digital ones offer links for entry to each section. The format and location of page numbers is a style issue for publishers. If page numbers appear after the title text, they may be preceded by a character called leader , usually a dot or point, running from a chapter title or a section on the opposite side of the page, or a numeric page may stay closer to the title. In some cases, page numbers appear before the text.
If a book or document contains chapters, articles, or stories by different authors, their names usually appear in the table of contents.
The material that precedes the table of contents is generally not listed there. However, all pages except the outer cover are counted, and the table of contents is often numbered with the Roman numerals page number. Many popular word processors, such as Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, and StarWriter are able to automatically generate a table of contents if the text writers use certain styles for chapter titles, titles, subheadings, etc.
Example
Examples with leaders:
Chapter 1: Getting Started............. 1 Â Â Â Introduction.................. 2 Next step................... 3
Leadership without example:
Chapter 1: Getting Started 1 Introduction 2 Next Step 3
Example with author:
1. Introduction to Biology Arthur C. Smith 1 2. Microbiology Susan Jones 10 3. Progress in Biotechnology T.C. Chang 24
Example with descriptive text:
Chapter 1 3    Where we first met our heroes and heroes, were present    the gala party, and start an unexpected journey.
Chapter 2 12 Travel takes an unusual turn, and new villains Found.
References
- Chicago Style Manual (15th Edition)
- Gerald J. Alred; Charles T. Brusaw; Walter E. Oliu (2003). Technical Writing Handbook . ISBNÃ, 0-312-30923-6.
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