Good article; thanks again. PopS
: For more on hand-editing of TOC fields, see
:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCSwitches.htm. This type
of TOC is
: covered under "A partial table of contents."
:
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: Suzanne S. Barnhill
: Microsoft MVP (Word)
: Words into Type
: Fairhope, Alabama USA
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: : > The first option gave me nothing, maybe I did it right. But I
tried option
: #2
: > in two documents and I'll be dipped, it worked! That's
actually a better
: > option since I don't use any of the given TOC formats.
: > Thanks!
: >
: > "Dawn Crosier" wrote:
: >
: > > Select the range of text you want included in your specific
table
: > > of contents and bookmark it. Then where you want your new
table
: > > of contents follow the following directions:
: > >
: > > 1. Press CTRL+F9. That will insert an empty field code.
Should
: > > look like { }
: > > 2. Place your cursor inside the French braces and type:
TOC \b
: > > bookmarkname \o "1-3" \h \z \u
: > > 3. Press your F9 key to update the newly created table of
: > > contents
: > >
: > > Here is what the codes in step 2 mean:
: > > TOC - the type of field, in this case Table of Contents
: > > \b bookmark name - the \b indicates that you want to
include only
: > > those headings which are wrapped in a specific bookmark.
The
: > > name of the bookmark follows the \b switch. Therefore, you
need
: > > to change bookmarkname to what you named the range of text.
: > > \o "1-3" - the \o tells Word to use Headings to create the
TOC
: > > and the "1-3" indicates which levels of headings to use.
: > > \h - indicates you want the TOC to hyperlink to the heading
in
: > > the document.
: > > \z - Hides tab leader and page leader information in Web
Layout
: > > view
: > > \u - Builds the Table of Contents by using the applied
paragraph
: > > outline level.
: > >
: > > Another method I have used, especially if I have customized
the
: > > current TOC and want the partial table of contents to
follow the
: > > same format:
: > >
: > > 1. Press ALT+F9 to convert all fields to their codes
: > > 2. Select an existing TOC code and copy it
: > > 3. Paste the copy in the appropriate place
: > > 4. Modify the TOC field to include the \b bookmarkname
field
: > > switch and bookmark name
: > > 5. Press F9 to update the new TOC
: > > 6. Press ALT+F9 to toggle all fields back to text
: > >
: > > Hope that helps.
: > >
: > > --
: > > Dawn Crosier
: > > Microsoft MVP
: > > "Education Lasts a Lifetime"
: > >
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: > > questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn as
well.
: > >
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: > > : > > I am writing a long document with a lot of sections. Thanks
to
: > > the help here
: > > I can easily generate a TOC for the whole document. But two
of
: > > the sections
: > > need their own TOC's, listing just the headers in those
: > > particular sections.
: > > The only way I know to do this is to insert a TOC for the
whole
: > > document,
: > > then delete all the other sections. That works but is
pretty
: > > laborious, and
: > > of course afterwards I have to immediately update page
numbers.
: > > Is there any
: > > way to create a section specific TOC that will "read" only
the
: > > headers in
: > > those sections?
: > >
: > >
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