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how do I make my own contents page so numbers align properly
having trouble trying to set up my own table of contents page... need to
align the numbers so everything is perfectly straight and aligned...but when i type for example.. Heading One............................................... ..............................1 heading two............................................... ...............................2 it doesnt align the numbers properly... its out of wack a little... please help... I know about the automatic Table of Contents option but I dont want to use that as i've already typed up my own format of how the page should look, and I dont want it linked to the rest of my document... Cheers... please help. |
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how do I make my own contents page so numbers align properly
You need a right-aligned tab stop with a period leader at the position where
you want the page numbers; see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm. You could use the built-in TOC styles, modified to look the way you like, but since Word adds the tab dynamically, you'd still have to set the tab stop. -- 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. "Hailz" wrote in message ... having trouble trying to set up my own table of contents page... need to align the numbers so everything is perfectly straight and aligned...but when i type for example.. Heading One............................................... .......................... .....1 heading two............................................... .......................... ......2 it doesnt align the numbers properly... its out of wack a little... please help... I know about the automatic Table of Contents option but I dont want to use that as i've already typed up my own format of how the page should look, and I dont want it linked to the rest of my document... Cheers... please help. |
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how do I make my own contents page so numbers align properly
Mr. Suzanne S. Barnhill is right. You have to use the Right Tab on the ruler
with any leader you wish to seperate the content from the page number. The reason is when you use the Right Tab, page numbers in double digists aligns properly with the single digits. Challa Prabhu "Hailz" wrote: having trouble trying to set up my own table of contents page... need to align the numbers so everything is perfectly straight and aligned...but when i type for example.. Heading One............................................... ..............................1 heading two............................................... ...............................2 it doesnt align the numbers properly... its out of wack a little... please help... I know about the automatic Table of Contents option but I dont want to use that as i've already typed up my own format of how the page should look, and I dont want it linked to the rest of my document... Cheers... please help. |
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how do I make my own contents page so numbers align properly
For more on this, see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/NumberAlignment.htm
-- 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. "challa prabhu" wrote in message ... Mr. Suzanne S. Barnhill is right. You have to use the Right Tab on the ruler with any leader you wish to seperate the content from the page number. The reason is when you use the Right Tab, page numbers in double digists aligns properly with the single digits. Challa Prabhu "Hailz" wrote: having trouble trying to set up my own table of contents page... need to align the numbers so everything is perfectly straight and aligned...but when i type for example.. Heading One............................................... .......................... .....1 heading two............................................... .......................... ......2 it doesnt align the numbers properly... its out of wack a little... please help... I know about the automatic Table of Contents option but I dont want to use that as i've already typed up my own format of how the page should look, and I dont want it linked to the rest of my document... Cheers... please help. |
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