

Depending on the heading's font and paragraph settings, you might have to tinker with the vertical position to get everything to line up correctly. You'll likely set it as some absolute value relative to Page.

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. (For example, if my left page margin is 150 pt, perhaps I want the side headings to 90 pt wide, so that there's space between the heading and text – with the vertical line that I added in between – and also space between the heading and the left edge of the page.) Set a horizontal position. If you apply a heading style, youre telling Word that youve started a new part of your document. Decide how wide you want the side heading to be, and enter that as an Exact width value. Make sure that the text wrapping is set to Around.

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That page also doesn't explain how to add the vertical line down the left side of the body text. You don't need to use the Developer tab to insert a frame. The page that DavidPostill linked to gives the basic info, but if you're using a recent version of Word, some of the information about frames on that page is a bit dated. For one thing, the headings won't show in the navigation pane (if that's important to you). Feature Sidebar Try now Can I add any site to the sidebar Yes, you can add any page or site of your choice to the sidebar.
