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Default Outlining/Creating a TOC from a multilevel list

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Stefan Blom
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"Wendy" wrote in message
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Hot! That is exactly what I need! Thank you!

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Since all paragraphs should have an outline level defined, you could make
use of my Method 2, that is, base styles on the built-in headings, but do
not clear their outline level setting. Instead, create the table of
contents
based on specific styles, not on levels. If the TOC already exists, do
this
to edit it: Press Alt+F9. Clear the "\o" switch from the code. Add \t and
list each style name followed by its level.

For example:

{ TOC \t "my top heading style name here,1,second heading style here,2"
\h }

Add more style names and levels if necessary (no more than nine).

When you are done, press Alt+F9 again to hide field codes. Update the TOC
with F9.

Note that styles and levels should be separated by the list separator (as
assigned in Control Panel, Regional and Language Settings). For English
language systems, the separator is (usually) the comma, as indicated by
the
example above.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Wendy" wrote in message
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That was very helpful, though not entirely what I'm looking for.
Let's say I want something like this:
1.0 Heading 1
1.1 Heading 2
1.1.1 Body Text
1.1.2 Body Text
1.2 Heading 2
1.2.1 Body Text
2.0 Heading 1
2.1 Body Text
2.2 Body Text
3.0 Heading 1
3.1 Heading 2
3.1.1 Body Text
3.2 Heading 2

So in this case I want 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, and 3.2 to appear in the TOC, but
not
2.1 and 2.2. Also possible that, even though 3.1 and 3.2 are H2's, I
might
not want them in the TOC because it would be hugely long, but I would
want
them to appear in the document map that users could turn on/off at
their
own
accord.

Thanks for your help!