The document provides guidelines for designing effective contents pages for professional magazines. It recommends using bold, capitalized text in a noticeable color for section headings and numbering pages larger than 11pt in a contrasting color. Images should anchor to related articles and be framed by descriptive text. Common section names like "Regulars", "Reviews", and "Editors Letter" are usually positioned consistently. Page numbers, issue dates and numbers, and website addresses should also be prominently displayed following the described formatting.