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Creating a TOC from multiple cells of a table.
I am working with a document template (created by someone in my team) that
uses a table to format the headings throughout a proposal. The effect is very nice - and I understand why it was done that way. However the net result is the the Number portion of a heading and the heading title are in two different cells. What happens when I create a TOC is that the Number appears (with no heading text beside it) and then on the next line the heading appears. If I moved the number over - I would be fine but the way the document is set up makes that solution look funny. Is there any way to get the TOC to read both cells of the table as being part of the same heading and thus have them appear in the same line of the TOC. To be clear they are both set to the same level and style etc etc. They just are in separate cells so they appear differently to Word. Also - part of the "look" is to have a line separating the cells so merging them is is not an option. Any thoughts or help would be appreciated. S. |
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Creating a TOC from multiple cells of a table.
No, there is no way to get the TOC to combine two headings from the body of
the document and present them as a single TOC entry. Notwithstanding the niceness of the effect, using tables purely for layout is not good practice, precisely for the reasons you have found. It makes it hard to process the document content. And there are nearly always better methods, anyway. "Scott" wrote in message ... I am working with a document template (created by someone in my team) that uses a table to format the headings throughout a proposal. The effect is very nice - and I understand why it was done that way. However the net result is the the Number portion of a heading and the heading title are in two different cells. What happens when I create a TOC is that the Number appears (with no heading text beside it) and then on the next line the heading appears. If I moved the number over - I would be fine but the way the document is set up makes that solution look funny. Is there any way to get the TOC to read both cells of the table as being part of the same heading and thus have them appear in the same line of the TOC. To be clear they are both set to the same level and style etc etc. They just are in separate cells so they appear differently to Word. Also - part of the "look" is to have a line separating the cells so merging them is is not an option. Any thoughts or help would be appreciated. S. |
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Creating a TOC from multiple cells of a table.
If you want to keep using tables, you will have to create
the table of contents from TC fields. But, as Jezebel wrote, you probably don't need tables. Why are you using them? If you are trying to create the illusion of having paragraph numbers in the margin area, you certainly don't need any table cells. You can do the following to actually put paragraph numbers in the margin: In the Customize Outline Numbered List dialog box, choose "Right" for "Number position" and set "Aligned at" and "Indent at" to zero. At "Follow number with," choose "Space" (or "Nothing"). Repeat for each level of numbering. This will put numbers in the left margin of the page. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Scott" wrote in message ... I am working with a document template (created by someone in my team) that uses a table to format the headings throughout a proposal. The effect is very nice - and I understand why it was done that way. However the net result is the the Number portion of a heading and the heading title are in two different cells. What happens when I create a TOC is that the Number appears (with no heading text beside it) and then on the next line the heading appears. If I moved the number over - I would be fine but the way the document is set up makes that solution look funny. Is there any way to get the TOC to read both cells of the table as being part of the same heading and thus have them appear in the same line of the TOC. To be clear they are both set to the same level and style etc etc. They just are in separate cells so they appear differently to Word. Also - part of the "look" is to have a line separating the cells so merging them is is not an option. Any thoughts or help would be appreciated. S. |
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