Creating a new TOC style

[zpellman]

I have two separate tables of contents in a document I am working on and
would like to have the entries in each formatted differently. I understand
how to modify an existing TOC style (e.g., TOC 1-9), but cannot figure out
how to create a new TOC style. In fact, if I click the Reference tab and
click Table of Contents>Insert Table of Contents>Modify, the "New" button
there that would appear to allow me to create a new TOC style is grayed out.

The only thing I was able to find online relating to my question was a
discussion at Google Groups
(http://groups.google.com/group/micr...44c3939324/eb4a3b10491e5fe1?#eb4a3b10491e5fe1),
but the links provided there don't seem to answer my question, and it also
seems that perhaps the question was misunderstood (to be clear, I understand
well how to build a TOC based on custom styles, and that is not what I am
trying to do).

I've tried creating a new style based on TOC 1, for example, but even doing
so did not allow me to select the new style from the Modify dialog when
inserting a TOC.

What am I doing wrong or where should I look next?

Thanks.

Zach

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Unless you are using all nine levels of TOC styles in your first TOC, just
use some of the others in the second one. You can modify those styles to
have any appearance you like and map the included headings to the required
level in order to use those styles.

For example, if your first TOC includes Headings 1-3, which by default will
be represented by TOC 1, TOC 2, and TOC 3, then in your second TOC you
disable outline levels, delete the numbers beside the built-in heading
styles, and type the appropriate numbers (4, 5, and 6, say) beside the
styles you want to include in the second TOC.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org