Automatic update of table of contents

[Mila]

Hi, dear Reader,
do you have any idea what I should do in order to update
automatically the table of content?
thanks!
mila

 

[macropod]

Hi Mila,

Printing the document automatically updates a TOC field, as does selecting
it and pressing F9 (semi-automatically). Alternatively, you could use a
macro with a statement like ActiveDocument.Fields.Update in it.

Cheers

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
Hi, dear Reader,
do you have any idea what I should do in order to update
automatically the table of content?
thanks!
mila
.

1. Highlight the TOC that you want to update
2. Select View>ToolBars>Outlining. The Update TOC icon
will appear in the toolbars at the top of your screen.
3. Click Update TOC

 

[Alpha]

I've selected the TOC page and click F9 and it didn't UPDATE. I also tried to select View->Toolbar and don't see the Outlining option. Can someone tell me what's wrong here. I have Word 2000 running on Windows 2000

Thanks,
Alpha

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

Just to step back a bit....

You did use Word to create the TOC, right (i.e., you didn't type a single
word of it yourself)? Word will only update TOCs generated by Word.

If you select View | Outline, the outlining toolbar will pop up
automatically (glad to know it's directly accessible in later versions than
2000/2001.)

Don't know if that toolbar has an Update TOC button in Word 2000.

DM