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I am completing a toc generated by word. I have period leaders before the
numbers. I would like to have a .5" space between the number (right alighned) and the leaders. Can Word do this for me automactically? |
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Unfortunately, no. This is a highly desirable effect and a much requested
feature, but at present I don't think it's possible except by unlinking the TOC (after you are sure that editing is complete and it has been updated one last time) and applying the formatting manually. Sorry. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "cyoung" wrote in message ... I am completing a toc generated by word. I have period leaders before the numbers. I would like to have a .5" space between the number (right alighned) and the leaders. Can Word do this for me automactically? |
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The following is a (somewhat clumsy) work-around:
1. At the end of each heading, add a tab character. Type a single character, format it in white. (Just adding a tab character does not work; something must follow it.) 2. In the TOC styles, add a tab stop at the location where the leader should "stop." Make sure to specify the desired leader for this new tab stop. Remove the leader from the tab stop for the page number at the right margin. 3. Press Alt+F9 to display field codes. The TOC field will look similar to: { TOC \o "1-3" } Add the \w switch to the code: { TOC \o "1-3" \w } 4. Press F9 to update the TOC. 5. Press Alt+F9 to redisplay the result. NOTE. If each heading has an outline number, followed by a tab character, you will have to add two tab stops: one for the "leader stop" location, and one for the start of text after the number. NOTE 2. You may also want to set a right indent at the location of the "leader stop" tab stop; that way, text will wrap nicely. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Unfortunately, no. This is a highly desirable effect and a much requested feature, but at present I don't think it's possible except by unlinking the TOC (after you are sure that editing is complete and it has been updated one last time) and applying the formatting manually. Sorry. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "cyoung" wrote in message ... I am completing a toc generated by word. I have period leaders before the numbers. I would like to have a .5" space between the number (right alighned) and the leaders. Can Word do this for me automactically? |
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To add to what Stefan has said, I would set the right indent somewhat left
of where the leader stops. If the leader stops at half an inch from the right margin, I'd set the indent to at least 0.75", maybe 1". The drawback of the \w switch, of course, is that it is not practical to add tab characters to centered headings (though those are often the ones for which you omit numbering). But I'm curious, Stefan: Did you test your text-with-tab with the \w switch before adding a white character after it? It's been quite a while since I wrote http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCSwitches.htm, but apparently when I was experimenting with TOCs to write that article, I did not find any need to add text after the tab character in the heading provided the \w switch was used. This may have changed from Word 97 (which is what I was probably using when I wrote the article) to Word 2003, however. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... The following is a (somewhat clumsy) work-around: 1. At the end of each heading, add a tab character. Type a single character, format it in white. (Just adding a tab character does not work; something must follow it.) 2. In the TOC styles, add a tab stop at the location where the leader should "stop." Make sure to specify the desired leader for this new tab stop. Remove the leader from the tab stop for the page number at the right margin. 3. Press Alt+F9 to display field codes. The TOC field will look similar to: { TOC \o "1-3" } Add the \w switch to the code: { TOC \o "1-3" \w } 4. Press F9 to update the TOC. 5. Press Alt+F9 to redisplay the result. NOTE. If each heading has an outline number, followed by a tab character, you will have to add two tab stops: one for the "leader stop" location, and one for the start of text after the number. NOTE 2. You may also want to set a right indent at the location of the "leader stop" tab stop; that way, text will wrap nicely. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Unfortunately, no. This is a highly desirable effect and a much requested feature, but at present I don't think it's possible except by unlinking the TOC (after you are sure that editing is complete and it has been updated one last time) and applying the formatting manually. Sorry. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "cyoung" wrote in message ... I am completing a toc generated by word. I have period leaders before the numbers. I would like to have a .5" space between the number (right alighned) and the leaders. Can Word do this for me automactically? |
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Yes, at least in Word 2000, a tab character at the end of a paragraph
is not picked up by the \w switch. I haven't tested that in Word 2003. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... To add to what Stefan has said, I would set the right indent somewhat left of where the leader stops. If the leader stops at half an inch from the right margin, I'd set the indent to at least 0.75", maybe 1". The drawback of the \w switch, of course, is that it is not practical to add tab characters to centered headings (though those are often the ones for which you omit numbering). But I'm curious, Stefan: Did you test your text-with-tab with the \w switch before adding a white character after it? It's been quite a while since I wrote http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCSwitches.htm, but apparently when I was experimenting with TOCs to write that article, I did not find any need to add text after the tab character in the heading provided the \w switch was used. This may have changed from Word 97 (which is what I was probably using when I wrote the article) to Word 2003, however. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... The following is a (somewhat clumsy) work-around: 1. At the end of each heading, add a tab character. Type a single character, format it in white. (Just adding a tab character does not work; something must follow it.) 2. In the TOC styles, add a tab stop at the location where the leader should "stop." Make sure to specify the desired leader for this new tab stop. Remove the leader from the tab stop for the page number at the right margin. 3. Press Alt+F9 to display field codes. The TOC field will look similar to: { TOC \o "1-3" } Add the \w switch to the code: { TOC \o "1-3" \w } 4. Press F9 to update the TOC. 5. Press Alt+F9 to redisplay the result. NOTE. If each heading has an outline number, followed by a tab character, you will have to add two tab stops: one for the "leader stop" location, and one for the start of text after the number. NOTE 2. You may also want to set a right indent at the location of the "leader stop" tab stop; that way, text will wrap nicely. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Unfortunately, no. This is a highly desirable effect and a much requested feature, but at present I don't think it's possible except by unlinking the TOC (after you are sure that editing is complete and it has been updated one last time) and applying the formatting manually. Sorry. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "cyoung" wrote in message ... I am completing a toc generated by word. I have period leaders before the numbers. I would like to have a .5" space between the number (right alighned) and the leaders. Can Word do this for me automactically? |
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