How to Add an Outline to a Google Doc on Android

Last Updated: May 25, 2021 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to create a Google document outline on an Android phone or tablet. An outline helps you browse your document by adding titles and headings to an interactive panel.

Part 1

Part 1 of 3:
Opening the Outline Panel

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Open Google Docs. It's the blue sheet of paper icon labeled “Docs.” You'll usually find it in the app drawer or on the home screen.
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Tap the document you want to outline.
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Tap ⁝. It's at the top-right corner of the screen.^{[1]
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Tap Document outline. The outline now appears at the bottom of the document.
- To close the outline, tap the X on the left side of “Document outline.”
- Any time you make changes to headings in the outline, you must open the outline panel.

Part 2

Part 2 of 3:
Adding Headings

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Highlight a heading. To do this, tap one of the words in the heading, then drag the handles on the left and right to select the whole thing.
- Headings will be added to the outline panel as links. You'll be able to tap these links to browse to the different sections of your document.
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Tap the format icon. It's the “A” with 4 horizontal lines at the top-right corner of the screen.
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Tap Style. It's on the “Text” tab, which should have opened by default. If it didn't, click it now.
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Select a heading style.
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Tap the check mark. It's at the top-left corner of the screen. The heading now appears in the selected style. It's also been added to the outline panel.
- Repeat this process for additional headings in your document.
- To remove a heading, open the document outline panel, tap ⁝ on the heading you want to remove, then tap Remove from outline.^{[2]
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Part 3

Part 3 of 3:
Browsing a Document with an Outline

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Open the document in Google Docs.
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Tap the document with the outline.
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Tap ⁝. It's at the top-right corner of the screen.
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Tap Document outline. The outline panel now appears at the bottom of the screen.
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Tap a heading in the panel. You will now move to that place in the document.