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Font problems in TOC
I am experiencing formatting trouble with the fonts in the TOC using Word
2003. Some of my headings are not in the same style as I specified for the various levels of my TOC. I read something that said that direct formatting would be the cause of this, but I went back to the heading styles that were not showing up correctly, cleared all the formatting, then reapplied the style for that section, yet the TOC still did not format correctly. Has anyone experienced this issue? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! Thelisha Woods |
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The fonts used in the TOC are those defined for the TOC styles -- nothing to
do with the styles used for the headings. Check the definitions of TOC 1, TOC 2, etc. "thelisha" wrote in message news I am experiencing formatting trouble with the fonts in the TOC using Word 2003. Some of my headings are not in the same style as I specified for the various levels of my TOC. I read something that said that direct formatting would be the cause of this, but I went back to the heading styles that were not showing up correctly, cleared all the formatting, then reapplied the style for that section, yet the TOC still did not format correctly. Has anyone experienced this issue? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! Thelisha Woods |
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Hello,
I did use the TOC style to choose my fonts, which is why I am confused that all of my TOC entries are not showing up as I defined them when I created the TOC. I guess I should have clarified though, that it isn't necessarily the font, but some words are capitalized or lowercased and others look to be bolded in the TOC. For instance -one of my TOC entries looks like this: Dental assistance CHART CODe =4b. When it should look like this Dental Assistance Chart Code =4B. That is what I was trying to say but I must not have explained myself well. So I don't know what else to do to get this to work correctly. Any ideas would be appreciated! Thanks Thelisha |
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To clarify further:
1. For the headings in your document, you use the built-in (or custom) heading styles: Heading 1, Heading 2, etc. You can modify these styles to look any way you want. If you want them to be all caps, you can apply the All Caps property, but be careful when typing the headings because the TOC, if U&lc, will reflect the way you actually typed the title: for example, if you typed "Dental assistance CHART CODe =4b," then that's what you'll get in the TOC, even though you see DENTAL ASSISTANCE CHART CODE =4B" in the document. 2. The TOC automatically uses TOC styles to pick up your headings, TOC 1 for Heading 1 (or whatever custom style you have assigned Level 1 to), TOC 2 for Heading 2, etc. You can modify each TOC style to look any way you like, but it will pick up any direct font formatting you have applied to the heading. So if your Heading 1 style is 16 pt Arial Bold, All Caps, and you have applied italic to some words and have (as mentioned above) typed some letters with Caps Lock on or the Shift key depressed, that formatting will be reflected in the TOC entry. -- 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. "thelisha" wrote in message ... Hello, I did use the TOC style to choose my fonts, which is why I am confused that all of my TOC entries are not showing up as I defined them when I created the TOC. I guess I should have clarified though, that it isn't necessarily the font, but some words are capitalized or lowercased and others look to be bolded in the TOC. For instance -one of my TOC entries looks like this: Dental assistance CHART CODe =4b. When it should look like this Dental Assistance Chart Code =4B. That is what I was trying to say but I must not have explained myself well. So I don't know what else to do to get this to work correctly. Any ideas would be appreciated! Thanks Thelisha |
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Wow, there are just so many little things that you have to watch out for when
working in Word. I did not realize that, so thank you for clarifying that point. The fact that the words looked fine in my document but not in the TOC is what really had me stumped. While I was trying to figure out what was going on, I went back and retyped some of the entries with the correct capitalization and the TOC turned out fine. I wasn't sure if that was the right way to do things, since I was trying to stick with using the styles but everyone who responded to my question has helped me understand what was going on. I am learning more about Word from this message board so I truly appreciate the advice/feedback. Thanks again! Thelisha Woods |
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