How do I keep my Heading 1 graphic out of my TOC?

[Mary Lee]

I'm using Word 2003, and I want the beginning of each of my chapters (Heading
1) to have an obvious visual reference when the reader scans through the
book. I placed a graphic in line with the text on the same line as Heading 1
and tabbed it to the right margin. It looks great - just what I want. Problem
- it comes in with the TOC. I can take them out, but I need to leave this
document for others and want them to be able to re-run a TOC without having
to do that.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!
Mary Lee

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

One approach would be to generate the TOC from TC fields instead of the
headings, but that would not make it easier for your successors. As much as
I hate to advocate ever using wrapped graphics when inline ones work fine,
this may be an instance when a wrapped graphic, anchored to the heading,
will be necessary. Alternatively, you might put the heading and the graphic
in two cells of a single-row, two-column, unbordered table. Just make sure
that the graphic is not formatted with a heading style. Oh, another
possibility, considering styles, would be to format the entire paragraph,
including the graphic in a body text style and apply the heading style only
to the heading text.

 

[Shauna Kelly]

Hi Mary Lee

The best solution depends, in part, on where you want the graphic to appear.

If the graphic appears above or below the heading, then put the graphic in a
separate paragraph, using a custom style called, say, Heading1Graphic, and
formatted to suit your needs. If it appears above the chapter heading, and
each chapter starts on a new page, then modify that style to have Page Break
Before, and make sure that Heading 1 does not have Page Break Before set.

If the graphic appears to the left or right of your paragraph, then I
suggest creating a style with a frame, with the frame positioned
appropriately. Put the graphic in the text on a separate line, then apply
your framed graphic style. Then, drag the anchor to make sure the frame is
anchored to your Heading 1 paragraph (to see the anchors, Tools > Options >
View > Anchors). A paragraph in a frame that is anchored to a heading won't
show up in the table of contents.

You may need to modify your Heading 1 style to fit appropriately.

Post back if you need more info.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

 

[Mary Lee]

Thanks again, you guys. I ended up using the frames method - I was thinking
about that anyway. I found I had to keep the frame outside the margin or else
it would interfere with the nice underline I have going on underneath my
heading 1. It prints out OK, though, and I had actually wanted it out there
anyway. If our standard office printers could print on the edge of the page,
I would have opted for that - the point being for chatper heads to show up
easily as one thumbs through a printed copy. I think this is going to work.

Thanks again.

Mary Lee

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If a "thumb index" is what you're looking for, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/ThumbIndex.htm