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TOC Formating
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You're clicking *in* the TOC. It "grays" because you've clicked in a field.
But you haven't actually selected the whole field or anything in it. If you try the same thing in normal text, clicking between two letters, you'll find that Format | Font has the same lack of effect. Try selecting one specific TOC entry (by clicking to the left of it) and applying your formatting. -- 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. wrote in message ... I click on the TOC, it grays, I lt click, I choose 'font' on menu. Choose size, color, lines, etc. Click OK And nadda changes! On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 09:11:14 +0200, "Robert M. Franz" wrote: Well, for a start: _How_ do you "pick Font/Color" ...? Do you apply a color to a heading and the TOC doesn't reflect that? Or are you trying to change the entries in the TOC themselves? Through direct formatting? Preferrably: Through the TOC-styles ("TOC 1", "TOC 2", ...)? Greetinx Robert --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0516-7, 04/22/2005 Tested on: 4/22/2005 5:54:32 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com |
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One TOC *entry*--one specific chapter title, one paragraph, one line.
-- 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. wrote in message ... On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 21:28:14 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You're clicking *in* the TOC. It "grays" because you've clicked in a field. But you haven't actually selected the whole field or anything in it. If you try the same thing in normal text, clicking between two letters, you'll find that Format | Font has the same lack of effect. When I do that, the entire field for the TOC grays, and I get the usual menu choices, edit field, etc. Try selecting one specific TOC entry (by clicking to the left of it) and applying your formatting. I am selecting one TOC... --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0518-1, 05/02/2005 Tested on: 5/3/2005 1:45:47 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com |
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Are you trying to format the whole TOC, or just one line?
For the whole TOC, you're normally better off editing the styles. If you click in the TOC and use the arrow keys to move through, you can find places where the TOC1, TOC3 styles are shown (rather than 'Hyperlink) in Word's Formatting toolbar. Then you can click the Styles and Formatting icon (or Format Styles and Formatting...) to edit the style. You may want to turn "auto-update" OFF for those styles, too... cheers Jay |
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Actually, leaving AutoUpdate on is much easier because then all you have to
do is apply formatting to a single entry, and the style is updated. Moreover, if you will try this, you will find that when the insertion point is in a TOC, even if you have the Styles and Formatting task pane set to display "All styles," the TOC styles are not displayed and consequently cannot be easily accessed for modification. It *is* possible to access them by pressing Shift while clicking on the down arrow by the Style dropdown, which will then list *all* styles. -- 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. "jay" wrote in message oups.com... Are you trying to format the whole TOC, or just one line? For the whole TOC, you're normally better off editing the styles. If you click in the TOC and use the arrow keys to move through, you can find places where the TOC1, TOC3 styles are shown (rather than 'Hyperlink) in Word's Formatting toolbar. Then you can click the Styles and Formatting icon (or Format Styles and Formatting...) to edit the style. You may want to turn "auto-update" OFF for those styles, too... cheers Jay |
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I guess I leave auto-update "off" out of habit, now.
Odd, as I normally have my favorite app, Ventura, set to auto-update... Maybe I need to review some of my work habits? cheers Jay |
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