Google Docs' outline feature works like the Table of Contents (ToC) and serves as a blueprint for your writing. The difference is that the outline is automatic and doesn't appear inside your document.

Google is updating Docs to make it easier to manage large, complex documents. The company is adding a new outline tool which collates headers from whatever you’re working on (that unfinished ...

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On a similar note, Google is also adding an outline tool to Docs on the web and Android. It displays a pane of your document's structure on the left side of the screen, and again you can use it to ...