How do I create this line in my table of contents?

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Hi,

I have an outline that is my table of contents:

1.0 Start
1.1 More Description
1.2 Other Stuff

What I want is to have

1.0 Start ............................. 1
1.1 More Description ...... 2
1.2 Other Stuff ............... 3

How do I fill the gap between my page number, which I want right -
aligned, and the text with dots, short of typing them? I'm using MS
Word 2003 Professional Edition.

Thanks, - Dave
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Re: How do I create this line in my table of contents? by JoAnn

JoAnn
Fri Jul 18 10:06:12 PDT 2008

Set your tabs as dotted.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"laredotornado" <laredotornado@zipmail.com> wrote in message
news:e57680c2-f75c-4f20-8182-32ee8fd7eeb5@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have an outline that is my table of contents:
>
> 1.0 Start
> 1.1 More Description
> 1.2 Other Stuff
>
> What I want is to have
>
> 1.0 Start ............................. 1
> 1.1 More Description ...... 2
> 1.2 Other Stuff ............... 3
>
> How do I fill the gap between my page number, which I want right -
> aligned, and the text with dots, short of typing them? I'm using MS
> Word 2003 Professional Edition.
>
> Thanks, - Dave


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Re: How do I create this line in my table of contents? by Suzanne

Suzanne
Fri Jul 18 12:14:33 PDT 2008

If you insert a TOC field (through Insert | Reference | Index and Tables |
Table of Contents), this will be automatic. But you seem to be constructing
the TOC manually, so you will need to add a period leader to your right tab
stop. For more on tabs and also on this type of alignment, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm and
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/NumberAlignment.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"laredotornado" <laredotornado@zipmail.com> wrote in message
news:e57680c2-f75c-4f20-8182-32ee8fd7eeb5@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have an outline that is my table of contents:
>
> 1.0 Start
> 1.1 More Description
> 1.2 Other Stuff
>
> What I want is to have
>
> 1.0 Start ............................. 1
> 1.1 More Description ...... 2
> 1.2 Other Stuff ............... 3
>
> How do I fill the gap between my page number, which I want right -
> aligned, and the text with dots, short of typing them? I'm using MS
> Word 2003 Professional Edition.
>
> Thanks, - Dave


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