TOC Tabs

[Mike Preston]

This looks like the right group to post a TOC formatting question in.
If not, just direct me elsewhere!

I have a 100 page document that is almost perfect. The only problem
seems to be with the way a particular level is being formatted in the
TOC. I could go on at length with everything I've tried, but in the
interest of some sort of brevity I'll first describe the problem and
see whether anybody responds based on a similar past experience.

Essentially, my TOC displays three levels. I am using ListNums to
define my numbering, levels and styles and it works just fine. A
sample of the numbering is:

I. First Level
A. Second Level
B. Second Level
1. Third Level
C. Second Level
II. First Level

As I said, the above works fine, both in the document and in the TOC.
The TOC appropriately shows the page number right-justified with "..."
leader.

The only problem is that the formatting for the second level (TOC2)
includes an extra tab at 1.5". I don't know how it gets there and I
just want it OUT.

Assume that the indent for the second level is 0.5" and that the text
following the identifier is indented to 1.0". There shouldn't be any
other tab on the line, except the one at the end of the line, which of
course, is a right-tab. The TOC2 style is formatted such that the
three tabs are 0.5"; 1.0" and 6.49" and the third tab (the right tab)
is set up with a "...." lead.

Why is the extra tab at 1.5" problem? Because I have 1 (exactly one)
heading which is so short that the page number shows up at tje 1.5"
tab, rather than at 6.49".

I can manually remove the tab at 1.5" every time I regenerate the TOC,
but I'd really rather not have to do that.

Can anybody tell me where Word comes up with their tabs?

The TOC field indicator itself is on a line that is formatted without
any tabs (normal style). TOC1 has tabs at 0.5" and 6.49"; TOC2 has
tabs at 0.5"; 1.0" and 6.49". TOC3 has tabs at 0.5"; 1.0"; 1.5" and
6.49".

Thanks in advance.

mike

 

[Anne Troy]

Mike, don't just REMOVE it, remove it and then update the style of the TOC.
TOC styles are generally formatted to automatically update if you change one
of them, but it sounds like you've lost that setting on your style TOC2. So
just remove it from one of the TOC2 line items, leave it selected, go to
your task pane and right-click TOC2 and hit Update to match selection. You
should never have to remove that tab again.
************
Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCJasonTabs.htm

 

[Mike Preston]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCJasonTabs.htm

This worked. Specifically, my right-hand margin was 6.5" and my right
tab was at 6.49". Set the right-tab at 6.50" and those JasonTabs were
no longer to be found.

Thanks!

mike