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Table of Contents Page Number Placement
I have a long document and have an "auto" toc. One line of the toc has a
name and then the page number right next to it. All the rest of the lines in the toc have the name, then leading dots, then the page number. I have selected this line, cleared all tabs, then re-set the tab to no avail. I can't figure out why this one line is doing this. Example: cat..................................7 dog.................................8 fish9 cow...............................10 Any ideas? (and thanks!) |
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Table of Contents Page Number Placement
"Betsy" wrote:
I have a long document and have an "auto" toc. One line of the toc has a name and then the page number right next to it. All the rest of the lines in the toc have the name, then leading dots, then the page number. I have selected this line, cleared all tabs, then re-set the tab to no avail. I can't figure out why this one line is doing this. Example: cat..................................7 dog.................................8 fish9 cow...............................10 Any ideas? (and thanks!) I have seen this before when I had a TOC style with two tab stops. If the text on the TOC line is too short, the page number is added at the first tab stop instead of the second one (The one with the leading dots set on the right margin, or near it). You have to either make that word longer or change/remove the first tab stop from the TOC style definition. For more on TOC's, see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/TOCTips.htm |
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thank you, that worked. I can't figure out why there were two tab stops. I
only set one. Weird! "Jean-Guy Marcil" wrote: "Betsy" wrote: I have a long document and have an "auto" toc. One line of the toc has a name and then the page number right next to it. All the rest of the lines in the toc have the name, then leading dots, then the page number. I have selected this line, cleared all tabs, then re-set the tab to no avail. I can't figure out why this one line is doing this. Example: cat..................................7 dog.................................8 fish9 cow...............................10 Any ideas? (and thanks!) I have seen this before when I had a TOC style with two tab stops. If the text on the TOC line is too short, the page number is added at the first tab stop instead of the second one (The one with the leading dots set on the right margin, or near it). You have to either make that word longer or change/remove the first tab stop from the TOC style definition. For more on TOC's, see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/TOCTips.htm |
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Numbered items usually result in an extra tab stop (to separate the
paragraph number from the paragraph text), but it is unclear if that is the cause in your situation. Note also that the TOC styles by default are set to update automatically, which means that if you inadvertently added a tab stop for one entry, it will be added to the corresponding TOC style too. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Betsy" wrote in message ... thank you, that worked. I can't figure out why there were two tab stops. I only set one. Weird! "Jean-Guy Marcil" wrote: "Betsy" wrote: I have a long document and have an "auto" toc. One line of the toc has a name and then the page number right next to it. All the rest of the lines in the toc have the name, then leading dots, then the page number. I have selected this line, cleared all tabs, then re-set the tab to no avail. I can't figure out why this one line is doing this. Example: cat..................................7 dog.................................8 fish9 cow...............................10 Any ideas? (and thanks!) I have seen this before when I had a TOC style with two tab stops. If the text on the TOC line is too short, the page number is added at the first tab stop instead of the second one (The one with the leading dots set on the right margin, or near it). You have to either make that word longer or change/remove the first tab stop from the TOC style definition. For more on TOC's, see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/TOCTips.htm |
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Neither was the case here, but thanks!
"Stefan Blom" wrote: Numbered items usually result in an extra tab stop (to separate the paragraph number from the paragraph text), but it is unclear if that is the cause in your situation. Note also that the TOC styles by default are set to update automatically, which means that if you inadvertently added a tab stop for one entry, it will be added to the corresponding TOC style too. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Betsy" wrote in message ... thank you, that worked. I can't figure out why there were two tab stops. I only set one. Weird! "Jean-Guy Marcil" wrote: "Betsy" wrote: I have a long document and have an "auto" toc. One line of the toc has a name and then the page number right next to it. All the rest of the lines in the toc have the name, then leading dots, then the page number. I have selected this line, cleared all tabs, then re-set the tab to no avail. I can't figure out why this one line is doing this. Example: cat..................................7 dog.................................8 fish9 cow...............................10 Any ideas? (and thanks!) I have seen this before when I had a TOC style with two tab stops. If the text on the TOC line is too short, the page number is added at the first tab stop instead of the second one (The one with the leading dots set on the right margin, or near it). You have to either make that word longer or change/remove the first tab stop from the TOC style definition. For more on TOC's, see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/TOCTips.htm |
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