Multi-Column Table of Contents

[John D]

I write fairly complex documents that include a summary and the paper itself.
I use exactly the same outline for both. Readers can go through the summary,
and if they want to know more about something they can go to the same outline
section in the larger report.

I'd like the table of contents to look like:


Summary Paper
I. Main Topic I i 1
A. Sub 1 i 1
B. Sub 2 ii 2
C. Sub 3 iv 4

etc.

(Hope that came across OK - table with 3 columns - 1st table with
indentations for Outline Sub-sections.)

Can Word do that? I know a bit of Visual Basic if that would help.

Thanks

John D

 

[Stefan Blom]

Place the table of contents in a multi-column section.

The easiest way to create such a section is to select some text, and then
change the number of columns in the Columns dialog box; Word automatically
inserts the required section breaks.

 

[John D]

Thanks Stefan

But when I select the TOC and specify 2 columns in the column dialog (from
the standard toolbar) the results aren't what I want. What had been the first
page of the TOC becomes the 1st column, and the second page becomes the 2nd
column.

And both columns have the full "title" such as "Current actuarial and
Funding Policies". Also the page numbers don't show up (could perhaps change
that in formating) and the section titles wrap within the columns.

I've looked through the switches for the TOC field and don't see any that
would achieve what I want.

Thanks

John "Not There Yet" D

 

[Stefan Blom]

Sorry, reading your original message again, I realize that I probably
misunderstood your request. I interpreted "columns" as newspaper columns,
but I now believe that you were thinking of table columns?

A TOC in an actual table wouldn't be possible in Word (with the exception
that you can put the entire TOC in a single table cell, of course).