If you want your ebook to look professional, especially non fiction books, here are simple instructions for creating a Table of Contents and/or endnotes, using bookmarks and hyperlinks.

1. HOW TO ADD
TABLE OF CONTENTS
& ENDNOTES
TO AN EBOOK

2. Both of these require two things:
Bookmarks
Hyperlinks

3. Bookmarks

A bookmark is a place-holder

It marks a place in a document
For Table of Contents you need to bookmark:

The chapter headings

The top of the Table of Contents
For endnotes you need to bookmark:

The location for each endnote

Each endnote at the end of the document

4. Hyperlinks

A hyperlink points to a location

It is used on the internet to link to a web site

It can also be used to point within a document –
to a bookmark

5. How to create a Bookmark

Position the cursor |Chapter 1 |[1] |1. note

Select [Insert Bookmark]

Name the Bookmark (no spaces, keep it simple)
ch1 ep1 end1

eBook converters will try to create a Table of
Contents for you. To ensure they use your
version, label the bookmark at the top of the Table
of Contents ref_TOC

6. How to create a Hyperlink
Table of Contents

Highlight the text for the link Chapter 1

Select [Insert Hyperlink]

In the dialogue box, click the button by [Target in
document]

Select [Bookmarks] and choose ch1

[Apply] & [Close]

The highlighted text will go blue and underlined

You can check it has worked by clicking on the
hyperlink – it should reposition the cursor at the
bookmark position

7. Table of Contents (1)
Each chapter in the contents list should be
hyperlinked to the bookmark for that chapter
Table of Contents Chapter 1
Chapter 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 3 Chapter 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

8. Table of Contents (2)
To enable the reader to find the Table of Contents
easily, bookmark it and then hyperlink each
chapter heading back to the Table of Contents
Table of Contents Chapter 1
Chapter 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 3 Chapter 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

9. Endnotes (1)
Endnotes consist of a sequential number in the
text which refers to a numbered note at the end of
the document
Each number should be hyperlinked to the
relevant note
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~[1]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~[2]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~[3]~~~~~~~~~
1. Note contents for item 1
2. Note contents for item 2
3. Note contents for item 3

10. Endnotes (2)
In order for the reader to get back to where they
were reading, once they have read the endnote,
each note should be hyperlinked back to the
relevant number, or next word in the document
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~[1]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~[2]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~[3]~~~~~~~~~
1. Note contents for item 1
2. Note contents for item 2
3. Note contents for item 3

11. Endnotes (3)
If you are producing a non-fiction book, being able
to have fully-functioning endnotes will give your
book a really professional look

12. GOOD LUCK!
Ann Marie Thomas
Twitter: AnnMThomas80
Website: annmariethinkingoutloud.wordpress.com
Email: amt.tetelestai@gmail.com