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TOC different on different machines
Hi folks
Thanks in advance for your time. I've googled through the archives and drawn a blank, so here's my problem: The formatting of my document's table of contents varies between my colleague's machine and mine, even when it's regenerated. Details -Differences: different tabs; leader dots "..." appear on his but not mine -The document is attached to a template on the server -The table of contents uses a standard TOC field based on built in headings -We're both using MS Word 2002 I'd be very grateful for any help or pointers Cheers M |
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It sounds as though tab definition is different on the two machines. For
predictable results this ought to be coming from the TOC styles, which should be unchanging for the document, so check: The TOC styles in the document do have tab settings (if they don't, default tabs will be used) and they are correct, including dot leader. The TOC styles are not set to 'Automatically Update' The document is not set to 'Update styles automatically' from template (Uncheck setting in Tools Templates and Add-ins) -- Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org "MHP" wrote in message ups.com... Hi folks Thanks in advance for your time. I've googled through the archives and drawn a blank, so here's my problem: The formatting of my document's table of contents varies between my colleague's machine and mine, even when it's regenerated. Details -Differences: different tabs; leader dots "..." appear on his but not mine -The document is attached to a template on the server -The table of contents uses a standard TOC field based on built in headings -We're both using MS Word 2002 I'd be very grateful for any help or pointers Cheers M |
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Thanks!
It turns out that the local (draft) copy of the template on my hard drive was grabbing the document, making for some very inconsistent updates to the real template. If I wasn't in such a rush, I'd be incandescent with rage! When I specify a setting, I expect it to stay that way. |
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Thanks for the rapid response!
Your checklist: The TOC styles in the document do have tab settings (if they don't, default tabs will be used) and they are correct, including dot leader. Checked. The TOC styles are not set to 'Automatically Update' Checked. The document is not set to 'Update styles automatically' from template (Uncheck setting in Tools Templates and Add-ins) Ah. It's not. However, the doc is attached to the a template which resides on the server, so it's always attached to the same template. Does htis make a difference? |
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Thanks for the feedback. The way Word picks up templates by name can be a
real pain - especially as I think the priority order may have changed over the versions and certainly isn't brought to your attention in any documentation. However, the template shouldn't be making style changes - it sounds like you do have 'update styles' checked for the document and it is really never a good idea to leave that box checked when you save. If that setting is in the template it is difficult to remove there - you will probably have to remake the template from a document. -- Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org "MHP" wrote in message ups.com... Thanks! It turns out that the local (draft) copy of the template on my hard drive was grabbing the document, making for some very inconsistent updates to the real template. If I wasn't in such a rush, I'd be incandescent with rage! When I specify a setting, I expect it to stay that way. |
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