hyperlinks in table of contents

Goto Insert -> Reference -> Index and Tables. A dialog will come up for helping to create the TOC.
Also notice that by default, you should have used H1, H2 and H3 styles in your document for the links to come up by default.

You need to select (highlight) the area where you want the link to go. Then select "insert" from the top menu. Select bookmark, you will than have to give the bookmark a name and click ok. Then in the table at the top, highlight the link to the relevant area, go to insert and select hyperlink. On the window that opens, look on the left hand side and you will see an icon for a place in this document. Click on that and your bookmark listed. Just highlight the required bookmark and select ok. You will need to make a bokmark for each link.

i was actually incorrect in my question. i am using word 2003 and neither the section headings or the page numbers are hyperlinks when you make the table of contects. surely you can set up the TOC so that the section headings are hyperlinks automatically rather than have to edit each one it turn as described in the answer given (very kindly) by whega?

i should alos point out that i have the 'user hyperlinks instead of page numbers' check box ticked and it still generates the toc with page numbers and without hyperlinks

thanks

i should also point out that i right clicked the toc and did toggle field codes. this was displayed

{ TOC \o 1-33 \u }.

i changed it to this

{ TOC \o 1-33 \h }.

and still no hyperlinks

thanks

many thanks