Wow! What a load of problems. You might want to treat the document as
corrupt; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm
The original problem with the TOC might have arisen from the TOC field being
unlinked. As for the "No Table of Contents entries found" message, the best
way to troubleshoot this is to look at the TOC Options and see what styles
are marked for inclusion. Styles with a built-in outline level will be
included by default, but you can also select custom styles by typing in the
appropriate level (and remove the built-in ones by deleting the number).
The "too many edits" message may mean that Word is struggling to maintain
the Undo list. Saving, closing, and reopening the document periodically
should help with this.
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"Greg Reese" wrote in message
...
I was updating the whole table by selecting the Update TOC
button. I tried your suggestion of putting the cursor in
the TOC and pressing F9 but then nothing happened. There
was no dialog box, no updating, nada. Then I deleted the
TOC and tried inserting a new one
(Insert|Reference|Indexes and tables ) and got the message
Error! No table of contents entries found.
That would certainly explain why the TOC doesn't update,
but how did that situation come about?
I'm starting to wonder about the styles now. Could they
have gotten messed up? The Help says the TOC entries must
be based built-in heading styles or outline-level formats.
By the way, what does "There are too many edits in your
document." mean?
Now I've found another problem - I can't insert a
bookmark. When I select Add from the dialog box the box
disappears but the bookmark isn't inserted. I have the
options set to see the gray bracket for bookmarks so I can
tell it's not there. Also, if I try to go to the bookmark
(Ctrl+G) it's not in the list.
Sigh.
Greg Reese
-----Original Message-----
Are you updating the entire TOC or just page numbers? Try
pressing F9 in the
TOC to get a dialog box offering these options.
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"Greg Reese" wrote
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...
I don't know if this is related but I just noticed that
if
I change text in a chapter title and update the TOC
(from
the outline tool bar) the chapter title in the TOC does
not change. The title is in the Heading 1 style.
Greg Reese
-----Original Message-----
I'm afraid I haven't a clue then. Sorry.
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"Greg Reese"
wrote
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...
I insert the label+number and do not insert as a
hyperlink.
Greg
-----Original Message-----
Are you inserting just the number, the whole
caption,
or
what?
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"Greg Reese"
wrote
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...
Yes, it seems strange to me too. The caption is
present
in
the dialog box, the figure or table number is
correct
but
when I press Insert nothing happens, even though
I do
see
the Insert button go down. Some of the caption
references
do get inserted and some don't.
Thanks anyway.
Greg Reese
-----Original Message-----
Gotcha. I've type a lot of manuscripts that way
in
my
day. If you've used
Insert | Caption, then I can't think of any
reason
why
the caption would not
be available in the Cross-reference dialog. I
assume
you're selecting the
appropriate reference type (Table or Figure, as
appropriate)?
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"Greg Reese"
wrote
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...
Actually there aren't even any graphics in the
file.
Instead of graphics I have text that
says "Insert
Figure
xx" here and then beneath that I insert a
figure
caption.
Similarly, the table are not Word tables but
just
text
separated by tabs. (These formats are dictated
by
my
publisher.)
Greg Reese
-----Original Message-----
Note that if you insert a caption for a
wrapped
graphic,
it will be in a
text box. If all your figures and tables are
inline,
then
this will not be
an issue.
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wrote in
message
...
The headings are in built-in styles, though
I
believe I
changed the font size. The figures and table
captions
are
what Word inserts. I then apply a style to
them
but I
think that also just changes the font size.
Greg reese
-----Original Message-----
All of these headings are in one of Word's
built-
in
heading styles? Or are
bookmarked in some way?
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"Greg Reese"
wrote
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...
No, none of them are in text boxes. I
just
tried
inserting
a reference to a chapter. It works for
Chapter
7
and
Chapter 11, but not 8, 9, or 10!
-----Original Message-----
Are some of your figure/table captions
in
text
boxes?
Word can't "see" text
in text boxes.
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"Greg Reese"
wrote
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...
I have a doc on Windows XP with Word
2002. I
just
started
having problems inserting references
to
some of
the
headings, figures, tables, and custom
items.
When
I
select
Insert|Reference|Cross-reference all
the
figures,
tables,
etc. are present in the list box.
However,
when I
select
one and press the insert button the
button
goes
down
but
nothing gets inserted. They don't all
fail -
inserting
works on some of the cross-references
but
not
on
others.
TIA
Greg Reese
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