TOC Layout question

[lbennett]

Hi all,
I'm working on a template that was designed with bookmarks orginally. I
would like to automate the table, layout shown below:

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Item 1 6. Item 6
2. Item 2 7. Item 7
3. Item 3 8. Item 8
4. Item 4 9. Item 9
5. Item 5

Can Word build & update in the above layout?
Can Word update a manually built TOC in the above layout?

I'm admittedly more familiar with Excel than Word, but after reviewing
what's available on the web, it appears that I may have to go with a
VBA solution. I'm cool with that, but not sure where to start.

Cheers,
Lillian

 

[Jezebel]

It's not quite clear what you're asking. Word builds the TOC from paragraphs
of specific style (usually the top few heading levels) or from paragraphs
explicitly tagged using TC fields. Bookmarks don't come into it.

You can do the two column layout by insert section breaks above and below
the TOC, then formatting the TOC section as two columns.

If you need the items numbered in the TOC, and the original items are not
numbered, define the TOC style to include numbering.