Flowing different lines in a header for a TOC

[Geoff C]

I have a document containing several cases of (for example)

Table 1

Title of table 1

xxx xxx xxx xxx


Table 2

Title of table 2

yyy yyy yyy yyy

centred across the page. It's a standard table format that cannot be altered.

The requirement is for a TOC that has

Table 1: Title of table 1.........1
Table 2: Title of table 2.........3

etc.

Is there any way I can do this? I've applied a heading style to the table
titles, but I end up with a TOC that looks like

Table 1..................1
Title of table 1.........1
Table 2..................3
Title of table 2.........3

which has been rejected.

Thanks for any help,
Geoff.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you use a line break rather than a paragraph break at the end of the
first line, the entire paragraph will be included in the TOC, and the line
break will be rendered as a space. If you need space between the label and
title, either add an extra line break (you'll get two spaces in the TOC) or
add line spacing to the table title style.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Since the text in the document should not be identical to the text in
the TOC, I think you have to use TC fields to create the entries. Look
them up in Word Help.

 

[Stefan Blom]

But the OP also wants to add a colon between the combined entries. As
far as I can tell, this makes it necessary to use TC fields.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Probably so, yes. The alternative is to include just the table title (not
the number) and add the label and numbering to the TOC style.

 

[Stefan Blom]

I see what you mean. Then it would be possible to include the colon as
part of the numbering (of the TOC style), of course.