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How do I include quotation marks in a TOC field code?
In Word 2003, I am trying to create a TOC entry that includes quotation
marks. For example: "Relative pronouns: use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose"" The problem is that the TOC field code stops the TOC entry at the first quotation mark. Thus, the table of contents reads: "Relative pronouns: use of " Is there a way around this limitation? |
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How do I include quotation marks in a TOC field code?
I can't re-create your problem: the TOC entry works exactly as expected when
I try it, with the entire text included. Personally, I think your text would be a more readable if you used italics, in which case the problem wouldn't arise, anyway. (And in this case, the commas belong outside the quotes, too.) "Lilli D" Lilli wrote in message news In Word 2003, I am trying to create a TOC entry that includes quotation marks. For example: "Relative pronouns: use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose"" The problem is that the TOC field code stops the TOC entry at the first quotation mark. Thus, the table of contents reads: "Relative pronouns: use of " Is there a way around this limitation? |
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How do I include quotation marks in a TOC field code?
Thanks. I like the italics idea. It's a simple fix that I hadn't thought of.
"Jezebel" wrote: I can't re-create your problem: the TOC entry works exactly as expected when I try it, with the entire text included. Personally, I think your text would be a more readable if you used italics, in which case the problem wouldn't arise, anyway. (And in this case, the commas belong outside the quotes, too.) "Lilli D" Lilli wrote in message news In Word 2003, I am trying to create a TOC entry that includes quotation marks. For example: "Relative pronouns: use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose"" The problem is that the TOC field code stops the TOC entry at the first quotation mark. Thus, the table of contents reads: "Relative pronouns: use of " Is there a way around this limitation? |
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How do I include quotation marks in a TOC field code?
FWIW, commas belong inside the quotes in the U.S., outside in the U.K. If
you use italics, the commas should be italicized. -- 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. "Lilli D" wrote in message ... Thanks. I like the italics idea. It's a simple fix that I hadn't thought of. "Jezebel" wrote: I can't re-create your problem: the TOC entry works exactly as expected when I try it, with the entire text included. Personally, I think your text would be a more readable if you used italics, in which case the problem wouldn't arise, anyway. (And in this case, the commas belong outside the quotes, too.) "Lilli D" Lilli wrote in message news In Word 2003, I am trying to create a TOC entry that includes quotation marks. For example: "Relative pronouns: use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose"" The problem is that the TOC field code stops the TOC entry at the first quotation mark. Thus, the table of contents reads: "Relative pronouns: use of " Is there a way around this limitation? |
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How do I include quotation marks in a TOC field code?
I think that's a tad sweeping. The commas belong inside the quotes for
speech in all cases (at least, that's the textbook approach); but outside if the quoted item is something other than speech, as in this case. The typography of punctuation is a whole different kettle of fish ... but italicising the commas would be wrong in this case, because the italics refer specifically to the word, not the list. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... FWIW, commas belong inside the quotes in the U.S., outside in the U.K. If you use italics, the commas should be italicized. -- 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. "Lilli D" wrote in message ... Thanks. I like the italics idea. It's a simple fix that I hadn't thought of. "Jezebel" wrote: I can't re-create your problem: the TOC entry works exactly as expected when I try it, with the entire text included. Personally, I think your text would be a more readable if you used italics, in which case the problem wouldn't arise, anyway. (And in this case, the commas belong outside the quotes, too.) "Lilli D" Lilli wrote in message news In Word 2003, I am trying to create a TOC entry that includes quotation marks. For example: "Relative pronouns: use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose"" The problem is that the TOC field code stops the TOC entry at the first quotation mark. Thus, the table of contents reads: "Relative pronouns: use of " Is there a way around this limitation? |
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How do I include quotation marks in a TOC field code?
I quote from "Words into Type," 3rd ed.: "Commas, colons, and semicolons are
set in the typeface (italic or boldface) of the preceding word. Quotation marks, exclamation points, question marks, and parentheses are set according to the overall context of a sentence." This is also the recommendation of several books I own on using type. Again, this may be a US vs. UK convention. It is indisputably the U.S. convention always to put periods and commas inside quotes, other punctuation inside or outside according to the context. I won't pretend that this is logical or always even convenient, but to us USians it looks tidier. -- 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. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... I think that's a tad sweeping. The commas belong inside the quotes for speech in all cases (at least, that's the textbook approach); but outside if the quoted item is something other than speech, as in this case. The typography of punctuation is a whole different kettle of fish ... but italicising the commas would be wrong in this case, because the italics refer specifically to the word, not the list. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... FWIW, commas belong inside the quotes in the U.S., outside in the U.K. If you use italics, the commas should be italicized. -- 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. "Lilli D" wrote in message ... Thanks. I like the italics idea. It's a simple fix that I hadn't thought of. "Jezebel" wrote: I can't re-create your problem: the TOC entry works exactly as expected when I try it, with the entire text included. Personally, I think your text would be a more readable if you used italics, in which case the problem wouldn't arise, anyway. (And in this case, the commas belong outside the quotes, too.) "Lilli D" Lilli wrote in message news In Word 2003, I am trying to create a TOC entry that includes quotation marks. For example: "Relative pronouns: use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose"" The problem is that the TOC field code stops the TOC entry at the first quotation mark. Thus, the table of contents reads: "Relative pronouns: use of " Is there a way around this limitation? |
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How do I include quotation marks in a TOC field code?
Not trying to make an issue of something that is really pretty subtle, but
that seems a bizarre choice of typographic bible. There was a discussion in one of these forums about a year ago prompted by someone from one of the larger US publishers, who had just reversed their house style policy on exactly this point. As for the commas inside/outside the quotes, although there is obviously no right or wrong, it is anything but 'indisputable'; and logic is preferable to convention. 'Consistency is the hobgoblin of petty minds' to quote a venerable Vespuccian. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I quote from "Words into Type," 3rd ed.: "Commas, colons, and semicolons are set in the typeface (italic or boldface) of the preceding word. Quotation marks, exclamation points, question marks, and parentheses are set according to the overall context of a sentence." This is also the recommendation of several books I own on using type. Again, this may be a US vs. UK convention. It is indisputably the U.S. convention always to put periods and commas inside quotes, other punctuation inside or outside according to the context. I won't pretend that this is logical or always even convenient, but to us USians it looks tidier. -- 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. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... I think that's a tad sweeping. The commas belong inside the quotes for speech in all cases (at least, that's the textbook approach); but outside if the quoted item is something other than speech, as in this case. The typography of punctuation is a whole different kettle of fish ... but italicising the commas would be wrong in this case, because the italics refer specifically to the word, not the list. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... FWIW, commas belong inside the quotes in the U.S., outside in the U.K. If you use italics, the commas should be italicized. -- 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. "Lilli D" wrote in message ... Thanks. I like the italics idea. It's a simple fix that I hadn't thought of. "Jezebel" wrote: I can't re-create your problem: the TOC entry works exactly as expected when I try it, with the entire text included. Personally, I think your text would be a more readable if you used italics, in which case the problem wouldn't arise, anyway. (And in this case, the commas belong outside the quotes, too.) "Lilli D" Lilli wrote in message news In Word 2003, I am trying to create a TOC entry that includes quotation marks. For example: "Relative pronouns: use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose"" The problem is that the TOC field code stops the TOC entry at the first quotation mark. Thus, the table of contents reads: "Relative pronouns: use of " Is there a way around this limitation? |
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How do I include quotation marks in a TOC field code?
I'm not sure why you consider it bizarre. You'd be surprised the number of
publishers' editors who still cite it. Perhaps you prefer http://www.editorium.com/filecleaner/TH_22.htm or http://web.mit.edu/comdor/editguide/...nctuation.html. I could have sworn I had seen that same prescription in Hart's Rules, but I can't find it now, but I've seen numerous variations in various places. -- 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. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... Not trying to make an issue of something that is really pretty subtle, but that seems a bizarre choice of typographic bible. There was a discussion in one of these forums about a year ago prompted by someone from one of the larger US publishers, who had just reversed their house style policy on exactly this point. As for the commas inside/outside the quotes, although there is obviously no right or wrong, it is anything but 'indisputable'; and logic is preferable to convention. 'Consistency is the hobgoblin of petty minds' to quote a venerable Vespuccian. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I quote from "Words into Type," 3rd ed.: "Commas, colons, and semicolons are set in the typeface (italic or boldface) of the preceding word. Quotation marks, exclamation points, question marks, and parentheses are set according to the overall context of a sentence." This is also the recommendation of several books I own on using type. Again, this may be a US vs. UK convention. It is indisputably the U.S. convention always to put periods and commas inside quotes, other punctuation inside or outside according to the context. I won't pretend that this is logical or always even convenient, but to us USians it looks tidier. -- 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. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... I think that's a tad sweeping. The commas belong inside the quotes for speech in all cases (at least, that's the textbook approach); but outside if the quoted item is something other than speech, as in this case. The typography of punctuation is a whole different kettle of fish ... but italicising the commas would be wrong in this case, because the italics refer specifically to the word, not the list. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... FWIW, commas belong inside the quotes in the U.S., outside in the U.K. If you use italics, the commas should be italicized. -- 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. "Lilli D" wrote in message ... Thanks. I like the italics idea. It's a simple fix that I hadn't thought of. "Jezebel" wrote: I can't re-create your problem: the TOC entry works exactly as expected when I try it, with the entire text included. Personally, I think your text would be a more readable if you used italics, in which case the problem wouldn't arise, anyway. (And in this case, the commas belong outside the quotes, too.) "Lilli D" Lilli wrote in message news In Word 2003, I am trying to create a TOC entry that includes quotation marks. For example: "Relative pronouns: use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose"" The problem is that the TOC field code stops the TOC entry at the first quotation mark. Thus, the table of contents reads: "Relative pronouns: use of " Is there a way around this limitation? |
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How do I include quotation marks in a TOC field code?
I think we may have lost track of the problem here; I think Lilli is trying
to include quotation marks in TC fields, and that does indeed cause problems because the TOC entry in the field has to be quoted. In general, it suffices to "escape" the internal quotes by putting a backslash before them, but when this fails, you can fudge with two single quotes instead of a double. -- 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. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... I can't re-create your problem: the TOC entry works exactly as expected when I try it, with the entire text included. Personally, I think your text would be a more readable if you used italics, in which case the problem wouldn't arise, anyway. (And in this case, the commas belong outside the quotes, too.) "Lilli D" Lilli wrote in message news In Word 2003, I am trying to create a TOC entry that includes quotation marks. For example: "Relative pronouns: use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose"" The problem is that the TOC field code stops the TOC entry at the first quotation mark. Thus, the table of contents reads: "Relative pronouns: use of " Is there a way around this limitation? |
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How do I include quotation marks in a TOC field code?
I love the backslash suggestion. It worked for all of the internal quotation
marks except for the last one. Here's how it reads in the TOC: Relative pronouns: Use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose\ I played around with spaces to try to get the last one to work, but to no avail. Oh well, I think I'll use either the single quotation mark or italics suggestion. I had not even thought of whether to use italics for the commas. I appreciate the discussion on that issue. With regards to the comma issue, my office uses the Harbrace College Handbook convention that says: "When using various marks of punctuation with quoted words, phrases, or sentences, follow the conventions of American printers. (1) Place the period and the comma within the quotation marks. (2) Place the colon and the semicolon outside the quotation marks. (3) Place the question mark, the exclamation point, and the dash within the quotation marks when they apply only to the quoted matter. Place them outside when they do not." Thanks again to you both! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I think we may have lost track of the problem here; I think Lilli is trying to include quotation marks in TC fields, and that does indeed cause problems because the TOC entry in the field has to be quoted. In general, it suffices to "escape" the internal quotes by putting a backslash before them, but when this fails, you can fudge with two single quotes instead of a double. -- 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. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... I can't re-create your problem: the TOC entry works exactly as expected when I try it, with the entire text included. Personally, I think your text would be a more readable if you used italics, in which case the problem wouldn't arise, anyway. (And in this case, the commas belong outside the quotes, too.) "Lilli D" Lilli wrote in message news In Word 2003, I am trying to create a TOC entry that includes quotation marks. For example: "Relative pronouns: use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose"" The problem is that the TOC field code stops the TOC entry at the first quotation mark. Thus, the table of contents reads: "Relative pronouns: use of " Is there a way around this limitation? |
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I thought I remembered that there was a problem when the entry ended with a
quotation mark; you have confirmed that. -- 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. "Lilli D" wrote in message ... I love the backslash suggestion. It worked for all of the internal quotation marks except for the last one. Here's how it reads in the TOC: Relative pronouns: Use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose\ I played around with spaces to try to get the last one to work, but to no avail. Oh well, I think I'll use either the single quotation mark or italics suggestion. I had not even thought of whether to use italics for the commas. I appreciate the discussion on that issue. With regards to the comma issue, my office uses the Harbrace College Handbook convention that says: "When using various marks of punctuation with quoted words, phrases, or sentences, follow the conventions of American printers. (1) Place the period and the comma within the quotation marks. (2) Place the colon and the semicolon outside the quotation marks. (3) Place the question mark, the exclamation point, and the dash within the quotation marks when they apply only to the quoted matter. Place them outside when they do not." Thanks again to you both! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I think we may have lost track of the problem here; I think Lilli is trying to include quotation marks in TC fields, and that does indeed cause problems because the TOC entry in the field has to be quoted. In general, it suffices to "escape" the internal quotes by putting a backslash before them, but when this fails, you can fudge with two single quotes instead of a double. -- 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. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... I can't re-create your problem: the TOC entry works exactly as expected when I try it, with the entire text included. Personally, I think your text would be a more readable if you used italics, in which case the problem wouldn't arise, anyway. (And in this case, the commas belong outside the quotes, too.) "Lilli D" Lilli wrote in message news In Word 2003, I am trying to create a TOC entry that includes quotation marks. For example: "Relative pronouns: use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose"" The problem is that the TOC field code stops the TOC entry at the first quotation mark. Thus, the table of contents reads: "Relative pronouns: use of " Is there a way around this limitation? |
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o am using the backslash technique for all but the last quotation mark. For
that one, I'm using two single marks and then kerning to "condensed" by .5 points between the two marks. This looks identical to the double quotation mark. Thanks so much for your help on this. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I thought I remembered that there was a problem when the entry ended with a quotation mark; you have confirmed that. -- 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. "Lilli D" wrote in message ... I love the backslash suggestion. It worked for all of the internal quotation marks except for the last one. Here's how it reads in the TOC: Relative pronouns: Use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose\ I played around with spaces to try to get the last one to work, but to no avail. Oh well, I think I'll use either the single quotation mark or italics suggestion. I had not even thought of whether to use italics for the commas. I appreciate the discussion on that issue. With regards to the comma issue, my office uses the Harbrace College Handbook convention that says: "When using various marks of punctuation with quoted words, phrases, or sentences, follow the conventions of American printers. (1) Place the period and the comma within the quotation marks. (2) Place the colon and the semicolon outside the quotation marks. (3) Place the question mark, the exclamation point, and the dash within the quotation marks when they apply only to the quoted matter. Place them outside when they do not." Thanks again to you both! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I think we may have lost track of the problem here; I think Lilli is trying to include quotation marks in TC fields, and that does indeed cause problems because the TOC entry in the field has to be quoted. In general, it suffices to "escape" the internal quotes by putting a backslash before them, but when this fails, you can fudge with two single quotes instead of a double. -- 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. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... I can't re-create your problem: the TOC entry works exactly as expected when I try it, with the entire text included. Personally, I think your text would be a more readable if you used italics, in which case the problem wouldn't arise, anyway. (And in this case, the commas belong outside the quotes, too.) "Lilli D" Lilli wrote in message news In Word 2003, I am trying to create a TOC entry that includes quotation marks. For example: "Relative pronouns: use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose"" The problem is that the TOC field code stops the TOC entry at the first quotation mark. Thus, the table of contents reads: "Relative pronouns: use of " Is there a way around this limitation? |
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Glad I could help.
-- 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. "Lilli D" wrote in message ... o am using the backslash technique for all but the last quotation mark. For that one, I'm using two single marks and then kerning to "condensed" by .5 points between the two marks. This looks identical to the double quotation mark. Thanks so much for your help on this. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I thought I remembered that there was a problem when the entry ended with a quotation mark; you have confirmed that. -- 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. "Lilli D" wrote in message ... I love the backslash suggestion. It worked for all of the internal quotation marks except for the last one. Here's how it reads in the TOC: Relative pronouns: Use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose\ I played around with spaces to try to get the last one to work, but to no avail. Oh well, I think I'll use either the single quotation mark or italics suggestion. I had not even thought of whether to use italics for the commas. I appreciate the discussion on that issue. With regards to the comma issue, my office uses the Harbrace College Handbook convention that says: "When using various marks of punctuation with quoted words, phrases, or sentences, follow the conventions of American printers. (1) Place the period and the comma within the quotation marks. (2) Place the colon and the semicolon outside the quotation marks. (3) Place the question mark, the exclamation point, and the dash within the quotation marks when they apply only to the quoted matter. Place them outside when they do not." Thanks again to you both! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I think we may have lost track of the problem here; I think Lilli is trying to include quotation marks in TC fields, and that does indeed cause problems because the TOC entry in the field has to be quoted. In general, it suffices to "escape" the internal quotes by putting a backslash before them, but when this fails, you can fudge with two single quotes instead of a double. -- 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. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... I can't re-create your problem: the TOC entry works exactly as expected when I try it, with the entire text included. Personally, I think your text would be a more readable if you used italics, in which case the problem wouldn't arise, anyway. (And in this case, the commas belong outside the quotes, too.) "Lilli D" Lilli wrote in message news In Word 2003, I am trying to create a TOC entry that includes quotation marks. For example: "Relative pronouns: use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose"" The problem is that the TOC field code stops the TOC entry at the first quotation mark. Thus, the table of contents reads: "Relative pronouns: use of " Is there a way around this limitation? |
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I have been facing this same problem and tried the \ approach, which worked,
ie the quote marks print, but the backslash printed also! How do I stop the backslash from printing? Ken K. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I think we may have lost track of the problem here; I think Lilli is trying to include quotation marks in TC fields, and that does indeed cause problems because the TOC entry in the field has to be quoted. In general, it suffices to "escape" the internal quotes by putting a backslash before them, but when this fails, you can fudge with two single quotes instead of a double. -- 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. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... I can't re-create your problem: the TOC entry works exactly as expected when I try it, with the entire text included. Personally, I think your text would be a more readable if you used italics, in which case the problem wouldn't arise, anyway. (And in this case, the commas belong outside the quotes, too.) "Lilli D" Lilli wrote in message news In Word 2003, I am trying to create a TOC entry that includes quotation marks. For example: "Relative pronouns: use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose"" The problem is that the TOC field code stops the TOC entry at the first quotation mark. Thus, the table of contents reads: "Relative pronouns: use of " Is there a way around this limitation? |
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How do I include quotation marks in a TOC field code?
Italics will work and are often a preferable option, but the backslash
should work. If you are working with a non-English version of Word, it's possible that the escape character is something different. -- 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. "Ken K" wrote in message ... Actually it happens anywhere it the field that I put the backslash. I guess I will have to go with italics instead of quotes. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: ISTR that when this happens (I believe it happens only at the end of a field?) the only recourse is to use two single quotes. But if this is happening at the end of the field, make sure that you've got both the "escaped" quotes and the quotes that are required to finish the field. -- 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. "Ken K" Ken wrote in message ... I have been facing this same problem and tried the \ approach, which worked, ie the quote marks print, but the backslash printed also! How do I stop the backslash from printing? Ken K. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I think we may have lost track of the problem here; I think Lilli is trying to include quotation marks in TC fields, and that does indeed cause problems because the TOC entry in the field has to be quoted. In general, it suffices to "escape" the internal quotes by putting a backslash before them, but when this fails, you can fudge with two single quotes instead of a double. -- 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. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... I can't re-create your problem: the TOC entry works exactly as expected when I try it, with the entire text included. Personally, I think your text would be a more readable if you used italics, in which case the problem wouldn't arise, anyway. (And in this case, the commas belong outside the quotes, too.) "Lilli D" Lilli wrote in message news In Word 2003, I am trying to create a TOC entry that includes quotation marks. For example: "Relative pronouns: use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose"" The problem is that the TOC field code stops the TOC entry at the first quotation mark. Thus, the table of contents reads: "Relative pronouns: use of " Is there a way around this limitation? |
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How do I include quotation marks in a TOC field code?
Ken,
Here is an example of what I ended up using: {tc "§ 3.30. Relative pronouns: use of \"that,\" \"which,\" \"who,\" and \"whose''" \l 3} In the table of contents, it reads: § 3.30. Relative pronouns: use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose" Maybe looking at this carefully will give you some things to try to get yours to work. The suggestions to my initial post really helped me. Note that in the above example, I used two single quotes for the quotation mark after "whose" and condensed them by 0.2 pts in the character spacing tab under Format - Font to make them mimmick a double quotation mark. Then I used a true double quotation mark to end the tc line. "Ken K" wrote: I have been facing this same problem and tried the \ approach, which worked, ie the quote marks print, but the backslash printed also! How do I stop the backslash from printing? Ken K. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I think we may have lost track of the problem here; I think Lilli is trying to include quotation marks in TC fields, and that does indeed cause problems because the TOC entry in the field has to be quoted. In general, it suffices to "escape" the internal quotes by putting a backslash before them, but when this fails, you can fudge with two single quotes instead of a double. -- 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. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... I can't re-create your problem: the TOC entry works exactly as expected when I try it, with the entire text included. Personally, I think your text would be a more readable if you used italics, in which case the problem wouldn't arise, anyway. (And in this case, the commas belong outside the quotes, too.) "Lilli D" Lilli wrote in message news In Word 2003, I am trying to create a TOC entry that includes quotation marks. For example: "Relative pronouns: use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose"" The problem is that the TOC field code stops the TOC entry at the first quotation mark. Thus, the table of contents reads: "Relative pronouns: use of " Is there a way around this limitation? |
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How do I include quotation marks in a TOC field code?
I suspect that's the best you can manage. Yes, this is unsatisfactory, but
don't hold your breath waiting for a fix; MS is too busy dressing up the new UI to be concerned with core functionality such as this. -- 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. "Lilli D" wrote in message ... Ken, Here is an example of what I ended up using: {tc "§ 3.30. Relative pronouns: use of \"that,\" \"which,\" \"who,\" and \"whose''" \l 3} In the table of contents, it reads: § 3.30. Relative pronouns: use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose" Maybe looking at this carefully will give you some things to try to get yours to work. The suggestions to my initial post really helped me. Note that in the above example, I used two single quotes for the quotation mark after "whose" and condensed them by 0.2 pts in the character spacing tab under Format - Font to make them mimmick a double quotation mark. Then I used a true double quotation mark to end the tc line. "Ken K" wrote: I have been facing this same problem and tried the \ approach, which worked, ie the quote marks print, but the backslash printed also! How do I stop the backslash from printing? Ken K. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I think we may have lost track of the problem here; I think Lilli is trying to include quotation marks in TC fields, and that does indeed cause problems because the TOC entry in the field has to be quoted. In general, it suffices to "escape" the internal quotes by putting a backslash before them, but when this fails, you can fudge with two single quotes instead of a double. -- 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. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... I can't re-create your problem: the TOC entry works exactly as expected when I try it, with the entire text included. Personally, I think your text would be a more readable if you used italics, in which case the problem wouldn't arise, anyway. (And in this case, the commas belong outside the quotes, too.) "Lilli D" Lilli wrote in message news In Word 2003, I am trying to create a TOC entry that includes quotation marks. For example: "Relative pronouns: use of "that," "which," "who," and "whose"" The problem is that the TOC field code stops the TOC entry at the first quotation mark. Thus, the table of contents reads: "Relative pronouns: use of " Is there a way around this limitation? |
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