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Suzanne S. Barnhill
 
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Not having tried this, I'm not sure exactly what you're saying. The question
is whether you can apply, say, the Classic TOC option and modify its TOC
styles such that they will not be reset to the Classic default when the TOC
is updated.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
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Well, you can certainly modify the format of the TOC styles *after*
you've created a table of contents, even if it initially had a
built-in format -- and these modifications will be retained when you
update the TOC field.

However, if you explicitly chose a different format than "From
template" upon TOC creation, this format will replace the settings for
the TOC styles of the document. (Of course, it won't overwrite the TOC
styles of the attached template.) This is also what I would expect.

To reproduce (tested in Word 2000):

1. Create a template. Modify the TOC 1 style to have a Tahoma font.
Save the template.

2. Create a new document from that template. Type some text formatted
with the Heading 1 style.

3. Create a TOC via InsertIndex and TablesTable of Contents tab.
Choose a different format than "From template". Word presents a TOC in
the specified format. Selecting the TOC and pressing CTRL+Q does not
restore the font of the TOC 1 style, which proves that it has indeed
been modified.

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Stefan Blom


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Either this was never true or it is no longer true. I heard it from

John
McGhie and took it as gospel, but the Microsoft User Assistance

people who
wrote the tutorials on TOCs in Word 2003 said it was not true.

Perhaps just
an old wives' tale or someone's misinterpretation of a bad

experience? I
don't know, as I haven't tested it--just stick with "From template."

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
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Another aspect is that you have to choose the "From template"

format
when you create a table of contents via the Index and Tables

dialog
box. Otherwise, the TOC styles of the document will be changed by

Word
according to the particular format selected.

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Stefan Blom


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Moreover, as Stefan has pointed out, changes to the styles

affect
only the
current document unless you check the "Add to template" box in

the
Modify
Style dialog. When modifications are saved to the template, they
will be
available in new documents.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
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Hi Ted,

To understand the "why", you have to know that the entire

table of
contents
is just one field. (Right-click in it and select Toggle Field
Codes to see
that this is true, then repeat to get back the usual display.)

As
soon as
you update the field, any direct formatting you've applied to

the
TOC is
thrown away. The only permanent formatting comes from the

styles
TOC1,
etc.
that Word automatically applies based on the levels of the
headings and/or
TC fields.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Stefan Blom wrote:
Modify the "TOC 1", "TOC 2" etc. styles to suit your needs;

you
can do
this via the Index and Tables dialog box. Make sure that you
select
the "Add to template" check box for each modified style.


"Ted" wrote in message
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Would someone tell me how & possibly why I cannot get Word

2003
to
preserve the Format of a Table of Contents? I have it
configured
with spacing, Font sizes, tab leaders & all. However when

you
create a New Document it gets lost.
thx,
Ted