Re: Marked Entries for TOC by Suzanne
Suzanne
Thu Oct 09 09:20:28 PDT 2008
I haven't actually tried it, but I get the impression that the option to
"Mark text for the TOC" does something different from either just applying a
heading style OR inserting a TC field, either of which is reasonably
straightforward.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"BK" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:ehuYPjhKJHA.4324@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Final solution: Because I got so tired of the complex gyrations to get
> text marked for a table of contents, I ended up opening my document in
> Word 2003. I was able to easily mark my text entries and create my TOC.
> When I opened the document in Word 2007, everything seems to be okay. I
> was able to update the TOC page number as the document was edited.
>
> Is there a good place to submit a "suggestion" to Microsoft that they
> return the TOC functionality to earlier versions???
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> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23zW6BwXJJHA.4512@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Glad you finally got it sorted. Sometimes you have to be very devious to
>> get the TOC you require.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>
>> "BK" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:OKNb0OXJJHA.3644@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Just wanted to let you know that I tried several of the options provided
>>> to me for marking my own entries for a table of contents. The one that
>>> seems to work the best (i.e. doesn't mess with document formatting)
>>> seems to be the TC field option. My table of contents FINALLY came out
>>> looking the way I wanted it to, and the document remains untouched.
>>>
>>> Thanks so much for all your help.
>>>
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>>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>> news:uxQEHY1IJHA.3540@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>I haven't used these new features in Word 2007, but the only way to "add
>>>> text" to a TOC is to either mark an entry with a TC field or format the
>>>> paragraph with a heading style that will automatically be included.
>>>> When you
>>>> apply the heading style, you apply its formatting. If you don't like
>>>> that
>>>> formatting, you can modify the style.
>>>>
>>>> What you're seeing is part of the continuing effort of MS to dumb down
>>>> Word and make it "easier to use." Ah, users don't know how to create a
>>>> TOC in a Word document because they don't use heading styles. So we'll
>>>> encourage them to use heading styles by applying them automatically
>>>> when they tell us they want this text in the TOC. This is the same
>>>> reasoning whereby paragraphs formatted like headings were AutoFormatted
>>>> as headings and paragraphs meant to be Body Text suddenly appeared in
>>>> the Document Map, much to users' confusion and consternation.
>>>>
>>>> The bottom line is that, if you want control over your document, it's
>>>> sometimes better to use old-fashioned methods and not take the easy way
>>>> out!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>>>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>>>> Words into Type
>>>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>>>
>>>> "BK" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:uLAyQ$0IJHA.4512@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Suzanne
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the information. I'll try it tomorrow when I am at my
>>>>> Office
>>>>> 2007 machine. Any reason why the ADD TEXT button in the references
>>>>> portion of the ribbon would change the style of the font within the
>>>>> document?
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>>>>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>>>> news:uCMUhezIJHA.456@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> You can use TC fields as in previous versions. Select the text you
>>>>>> want
>>>>>> included and press Alt+Shift+O. Choose the appropriate level. In the
>>>>>> TOC
>>>>>> Options dialog, check the box for Table Entry Fields.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>>>>>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>>>>>> Words into Type
>>>>>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "BK" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:ehnIBOyIJHA.508@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> Using Word 2007 and want to mark some specific phrases within my
>>>>>>> document so that they appear in the table of contents. "Help" tells
>>>>>>> me
>>>>>>> that I can select the text I want to include and click the ADD TEXT
>>>>>>> option. When I do this, however, the style of the text is changed to
>>>>>>> match a heading style based on the level I choose for this
>>>>>>> particular
>>>>>>> entry.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I do not want to change the style of the text within the document.
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> only want to mark it so that it will show up in the table of
>>>>>>> contents.
>>>>>>> Is there a step I am missing that will mark the text but NOT change
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> font size or style?
>>>>>>>
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