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[lesaodaniel]

I'm confused... I'm a very solid user of Word (word processing for 6 years)
but have recently gotten back into the swing of TOCs and have an issue I
cannot resolve...

1. In the doc, I modify and apply my native Heading styles for 4 levels that
I am using. (I set all Heading styles to 14pt font...)
2. I generate the TOC based on those styles.
3. I modify the TOC styles through the INSERT>REFERENCE... process.
4. HOWEVER - I need the entire doc to be in 14pt font (Times New Roman) -
including the TOC... So when I alter the TOC styles, I choose 14pt font for
each of the 4 levels (and their Heading styles throughout the doc are set to
14pt)...
**What I end up with is everything looking and spaced perfectly the way I
want it - except the TOC font won't budge from 12pt... I had to get the doc
out the door, so I just applied direct formatting to 14pt for the TOC, but I
really want to know how to do it in the future to make it stick! I don't
remember ever having a problem doing this. Am I missing something?

Thanks! I lurk on your board most of the time and love all the help you all
provide.

 

[lesaodaniel]

I should also mention that when I look at the TOC styles (either thru the
styles and formatting pane or thru the Insert>Reference dialog boxes), they
all "say" they are set to 14pt, but it's not what I'm getting... HELP! thanks

 

[Stefan Blom]

Try selecting the TOC and pressing Ctrl+SpaceBar (this clears any direct
font formatting applied to TOC entries).

 

[lesaodaniel]

But I don't want to clear away the direct formatting because I needed to do
that to get the doc out the door for a filing.

What I need to know is how to make the font size of 14pt "stick" (because,
of course, direct formatting of a TOC disappears if you update the TOC).

When I tried modifying the TOC styles through the INSERT>REFERENCE... dialog
boxes, I still get a 12pt font TOC and I need it to be 14pt. I even made
doubly sure that the Heading styles in the doc are set to 14pt and they are.
I checked the TOC styles through the Insert>Reference process and the TOC
styles are all set to 14pt for all 4 levels I am using...

It's a mystery to me as to why this TOC refuses to go to 14pt!!!

 

[Hydra]

Sounds like lesa is having some of the same kinds of problems I am.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Toggle the field code - ALT+F9 - you will see something like { TOC \h \z \t
"Title,1" }
Put your cursor in the field and the styles dialog will tell you which style
is applied - probably TOC1
Modify the TOC style to use 14 points
Toggle the field again to display the result.
The Heading styles are irrelevant. It is the TOC style that dictates the
appearance of the table of contents.

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[Stefan Blom]

Unless of course the headings contain direct font formatting, in which case
their formatting is very much relevant, as direct formatting is reflected in
the TOC entries.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

But it's pretty clear from what the OP has already written that she has
already modified both heading and TOC styles to be 14-point, so there's
something badly wrong (reminiscent of the table style bug).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[lesaodaniel]

EXACTLY, Suzanne!! Thanks for making me feel like I'm not crazy! But, yes, I
think it's a bug because I feel like I've tried everything... but if anyone
can think of anything else that might be the cause or cure, I'd really
appreciate it, thanks!

 

[Stefan Blom]

You could treat the document as corrupt. Copy the contents, except for the
TOC and the final paragraph mark (¶), into a new document. Recreate the
formatting. When you insert a TOC, now does it work properly?

To show/hide paragraph marks as well as other nonprinting marks, you can
press Ctrl+Shift+8.