Style your section headers as headings, go to references -> table of contents and select the one with periods across. That's the way baby. I prefer working with sytles in Word.

Click Table of Contents and select Custom Table of Contents. In the Print Preview section, use the checkboxes to show or hide page numbers and adjust the alignment.

A Table of Contents is an overview of your research paper which includes heading names and page numbers that is useful to help individuals to find sections in their document easily and provides an ...