TOC formatting problem

[Keith]

I have formatted my TOC with a single-level single style, added
numbering and borders, and changed to all-upper case. Then, as
changes are made to the document, I go back to the TOC and do update
field\update entire table. It updates the page number but all my nice
formatting is gone!!!!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Provided your TOC styles are still set to update automatically (as they are
by default), changes you make to paragraph formatting should be propagated
to the style. In my experience, this isn't always true of font formatting.
It may be necessary to explicitly modify the style(s) in order to make these
changes.

 

[Keith]

Provided your TOC styles are still set to update automatically (as they are
by default), changes you make to paragraph formatting should be propagated
to the style. In my experience, this isn't always true of font formatting.
It may be necessary to explicitly modify the style(s) in order to make these
changes.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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Uhm,
Thanks for the response, yes I did modify the style itself, still
doesn't work. And it's not just the font, it's the upper-case, the
borders, and the numbering (item number, not page number).

Anyone?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The TOC should be getting the paragraph numbers from the headings
themselves. Note, too, that if you have Track Changes turned on, numbering
will not be dependable until you've accepted all the changes. And I assume
that the caps are added using All Caps formatting and not by manually
changing the text in the TOC.

When you modified the styles, did you check the box for "Add to template"?
If not, make sure that "Automatically update document styles" is not checked
in the Tools | Templates and Add-ins dialog. I don't think that styles would
be updated from the template except when you open the document, but a field
update might trigger this (since the TOC is "From template").

 

[Keith]

TheTOCshould be getting the paragraph numbers from the headings
themselves. Note, too, that if you have Track Changes turned on, numbering
will not be dependable until you've accepted all the changes. And I assume
that the caps are added using All Caps formatting and not by manually
changing the text in theTOC.

When you modified the styles, did you check the box for "Add to template"?
If not, make sure that "Automatically update document styles" is not checked
in the Tools | Templates and Add-ins dialog. I don't think that styles would
be updated from the template except when you open the document, but a field
update might trigger this (since theTOCis "From template").

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site:http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.








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Thanks for the response Susan but none of that worked. Sometimes it's
like they try to make it hard on purpose.