Table of Contents

[BruceM]

I would like to build a table of contents, but have run into a problem or
two. I have defined my own outline styles. I find it much simpler to define
level 1, then to base level 2 on level 1, etc. rather than having to undo all
of the formatting for the built-in heading styles and then redefining each
style. I don't know if that is relevant to my question, but there it is just
in case.
The problem I am having is that I would like to limit the TOC entry to
something less than an entire paragraph. Let's say my custom styles are
Level1, Level2, etc. If I base a TOC on those styles, entire paragraphs show
up in the TOC and I cannot figure out how to change that to a few descriptive
words. If a Level2 paragraph starts with "General Procedures - These are
some general guidelines ...", all I want in the TOC is "General Procedures",
but I cannot edit the TOC entries. Can I use the TOC, or do I need to insert
individual hyperlinks to places in the document or something like that? I
have read the MVP article on the use of switches, and have looked at Help,
but my situation does not seem to be covered.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/RunInSidehead.htm

 

[BruceM]

Thanks. I've read the article now, and will give that a try. I'll just
mention that I do not find Word's Help to be any more helpful on this subject
than it is on other subjects, but your linked article explains something that
sounds vaguely familiar what I read (and found inscrutable) in Help.