<P> If a book or document contains chapters, articles, or stories by different authors, their names usually appear in the table of contents . </P> <P> Matter preceding the table of contents is generally not listed there . However, all pages except the outside cover are counted, and the table of contents is often numbered with a lowercase Roman numeral page number . Many popular word processors, such as Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, and StarWriter are capable of automatically generating a table of contents if the author of the text uses specific styles for chapter titles, headings, subheadings, etc . </P> <P> Example with leaders: </P> <P> Example without leaders: </P>

The table of contents in a report contains