Actually, I somehow completely missed "of contents" when I too quickly dove
in. Since it's not really a table at all, in Word 2007, the Table Layout tab
won't be available.
In fact... It turns out that you CAN'T sort a Table of Contents unless you
unlink it (Ctrl+Shift+F9). Even if you lock the field, the sort command
gives an error ("Word cannot sort fields in the selection"), at least in
Word 2003.
Even if you unlink the TOC, School Secretary, you probably won't get the
results you want unless all of the TOC items are at the same level. That's
because Sort treats every paragraph the same, regardless of
level/indentaion. So, if you TOC is:
Food of Canada
Lobsters in the Maritimes
Lodging in Canada
Hotels in Alberta
The Sort command would produce:
Food of Canada
Hotels in Alberta
Lobsters in the Maritimes
Lodging in Canada
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Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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A table of contents in alphabetical order sounds a lot like an index. Note
that you can sort a TOC, but, unless you unlink it (or at least lock it),
it
will resort itself in chronological order the next time you update it.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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