Extra Tab Stops in Table of Contents

[lunitare]

Hi there,

I have a rather large and detailed Table of Contents that I need to add an
extra tab stop to. The reason is:

I have Levels 1-4 headings showing. Some of the level 4 headings have some
extra "reference numbers" as well as their page numbers. I've put the
reference numbers into the headings themselves using tab stops - and they
look great.

But, when I updated the table of contents, it broke the formatting. How do
I get the table of contents to remember to 'tab' over twice and not just the
once when I update it? Currently it's just doing the one pre-made 'tab' and
then stopping. Therefore leaving me with page numbers in the wrong spots,
and reference numbers bumped up against the text etc.

Sorry, its a little hard to explain (without a visual), but I appreciate any
help you can give me.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can add tab stops to the TOC styles, but in order to preserve the tab
characters in your TOC entries, you'll need to edit the TOC field to add the
\w switch (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCSwitches.htm);
otherwise Word converts the tab to a space.