For your Table of Contents, leaders (.....) should be added before the page numbers.

Leaders in TOC example

  1. Select all text in your TOC and navigate to Paragraph > Tabs.
    Leaders on PC step 1

  2. Stop tab at 6" for documents with a left margin of 1.5"; stop tab at 6.5" for documents with a left margin of 1"; and align right. Select "......" as leaders.
    Leaders on PC step 2

  3. Click to the right of your chapter title entries...
    Leaders on PC step 3

  4. ...and hit Tab.
    Leaders on PC step 4

  5. Enter the appropriate page number and repeat for all entries.
    Leaders on PC step 5

Pro Tip: Be sure not to include punctuation or spacing after your chapter titles, headings, or figure or table captions. This will result in spaces between your first few leaders!

  1. Select all text in your TOC and navigate to Format > Tabs.
    Adding leaders step 1

  2. Stop tab at 6" for documents with a left margin of 1.5"; stop tab at 6.5" for documents with a left margin of 1" and align right. Select "......" as leaders.
    Adding leaders step 2

  3. Click to the right of your chapter title entries...
    Adding leaders step 3

  4. ...and hit Tab.
    Adding leaders step 4

  5. Enter the appropriate page number and repeat for all entries.
    Adding leaders step 5

Pro Tip: Be sure not to include punctuation or spacing after your chapter titles, headings, or figure or table captions. This will result in spaces between your first few leaders!