TOC adds an extra space to Heading 1s with hidden number

[Rachael Beale]

Hello,

I've created an outline numbering scheme which emulates an unnumbered
Heading 1 (with subsequent headings still being numbered) by formatting
the number for Heading 1 as hidden text.

All looks perfect until we get to the TOC. An extra space is being added
here before the text of the heading, even though there is no space in
the heading, and 'Follow Number with' (at the bottom of the Customize
Outline Numbered List dialog) is set to 'Nothing'. My guess is this is
being introduced to compensate for the hidden number.

I'm using Office Pro 2003 on WinXP Pro.

Has anyone come across this problem before, and know how I might be able
to fix it?

Many thanks,

Rachael Beale

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Not a solution, but a possible workaround might be to center TOC 1. This
wouldn't work if you're listing page numbers for Heading 1, but in many
cases where H1 is a part/section heading or there are so many subheads that
there's always one on the first page of a "chapter," it's possible to omit
page numbers for Level 1. Presumably you'd still get the space before a
centered entry, but it wouldn't be as noticeable.

 

[Margaret Aldis]

Hi Rachael

I've had a look at this and can replicate. The workaround that springs to
mind would be to use the 'tab' separator instead of 'nothing', and
compensate with a negative left indent and a tab position of 0 (hanging
indent also needed to bring any follow-on lines back to 0 too). You need to
set the indents and the zero tab stop both in the Heading 1 style numbering
scheme (so the heading text is left aligned) and in the TOC 1 style.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ah, much cleverer than my suggestion!