How to make a table of contents in Google Docs for desktop. On your desktop PC, launch your browser of choice and open Google Docs.Next, open a document that contains multiple headings.

Google Docs is the top online document editor, hands down. ... When you add headings to your document, Docs detects them and adds them to a sidebar on the left side of your screen.

With Google Docs, you can easily add a header that includes things like names, dates, addresses, and page numbers. For something like a resume, these are all incredibly important.

1] Add a Header or Footer in Google Docs. OK, so when it comes down to adding headers and footers, you must first open a new or current document and then click on Insert located on the menu. From ...

Go to Preferences. Check Enable Markdown and choose OK.

In Google Docs, you can easily enhance your documents with professional elements like a table of contents, a watermark, charts, and citations. We show you how.

Illustration: Andy Wolber/TechRepublic. Google Docs offers a few options for page numbers. First, you can choose whether to put the page number in the header or footer of your document.