I have been trying for years to master the Tab Leader function, or whatever
it is named, in order to create tables of contents where the rows of "dots"
or "periods" lead to evenly aligned columns of page numbers. There was an
excellent article on the Microsoft Forum sometime in the past about how to do
this.

I just finished reading an excellent and incisive article about how even the
most proficient WORD users are generally ignorant of WORD's more advanced
features, and I don't know if this is because of "general" user ignorance or
indifference, or the difficulty in mastering the usage of such thing as
Fields. (An acquaintance told me I would have no problem at all getting the
"dots" or "periods" to lead to evenly aligned columns of page numbers if I
treated the Table of Contents as a Field. This was as Greek to me as if
someone were speaking Greek to me.)

In brief, I would be grateful to learn *exactly* how to create evenly
aligned Tables on Contents, but I would be even more grateful to learn of a
site where the less frequently used aspects of WORD--i.e., those not directly
comparable to a "word" processor--are discussed, or perhaps even presented
with tutorials.

Thank you.

For instructions on how to insert an automatic table of contents, see
http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html

For information on how to use tabs with period leaders (for situations other
than TOCs), see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/UsingRulers.htm

--
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.

"Hilary" wrote in message
...
I have been trying for years to master the Tab Leader function, or
whatever
it is named, in order to create tables of contents where the rows of
"dots"
or "periods" lead to evenly aligned columns of page numbers. There was an
excellent article on the Microsoft Forum sometime in the past about how to
do
this.

I just finished reading an excellent and incisive article about how even
the
most proficient WORD users are generally ignorant of WORD's more advanced
features, and I don't know if this is because of "general" user ignorance
or
indifference, or the difficulty in mastering the usage of such thing as
Fields. (An acquaintance told me I would have no problem at all getting
the
"dots" or "periods" to lead to evenly aligned columns of page numbers if I
treated the Table of Contents as a Field. This was as Greek to me as if
someone were speaking Greek to me.)

In brief, I would be grateful to learn *exactly* how to create evenly
aligned Tables on Contents, but I would be even more grateful to learn of
a
site where the less frequently used aspects of WORD--i.e., those not
directly
comparable to a "word" processor--are discussed, or perhaps even presented
with tutorials.

Thank you.

Ms. Barnhill, thank you, as always, for your professional and kind help. I
would however appreciate knowing if there is any online or hard-copy tutorial
that leads WORD users who use the software primarily--and even expertly--as
word processors to a more technical proficiency.

Happy Memorial Day.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

For instructions on how to insert an automatic table of contents, see
http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html

For information on how to use tabs with period leaders (for situations other
than TOCs), see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/UsingRulers.htm

--
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.

"Hilary" wrote in message
...
I have been trying for years to master the Tab Leader function, or
whatever
it is named, in order to create tables of contents where the rows of
"dots"
or "periods" lead to evenly aligned columns of page numbers. There was an
excellent article on the Microsoft Forum sometime in the past about how to
do
this.

I just finished reading an excellent and incisive article about how even
the
most proficient WORD users are generally ignorant of WORD's more advanced
features, and I don't know if this is because of "general" user ignorance
or
indifference, or the difficulty in mastering the usage of such thing as
Fields. (An acquaintance told me I would have no problem at all getting
the
"dots" or "periods" to lead to evenly aligned columns of page numbers if I
treated the Table of Contents as a Field. This was as Greek to me as if
someone were speaking Greek to me.)

In brief, I would be grateful to learn *exactly* how to create evenly
aligned Tables on Contents, but I would be even more grateful to learn of
a
site where the less frequently used aspects of WORD--i.e., those not
directly
comparable to a "word" processor--are discussed, or perhaps even presented
with tutorials.

Thank you.

If you haven't read
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/conc...ion/index.html, that's a
good place to start.

--
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.

"Hilary" wrote in message
...
Ms. Barnhill, thank you, as always, for your professional and kind help.
I
would however appreciate knowing if there is any online or hard-copy
tutorial
that leads WORD users who use the software primarily--and even
expertly--as
word processors to a more technical proficiency.

Happy Memorial Day.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

For instructions on how to insert an automatic table of contents, see
http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html

For information on how to use tabs with period leaders (for situations
other
than TOCs), see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/UsingRulers.htm

--
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.

"Hilary" wrote in message
...
I have been trying for years to master the Tab Leader function, or
whatever
it is named, in order to create tables of contents where the rows of
"dots"
or "periods" lead to evenly aligned columns of page numbers. There
was an
excellent article on the Microsoft Forum sometime in the past about
how to
do
this.

I just finished reading an excellent and incisive article about how
even
the
most proficient WORD users are generally ignorant of WORD's more
advanced
features, and I don't know if this is because of "general" user
ignorance
or
indifference, or the difficulty in mastering the usage of such thing
as
Fields. (An acquaintance told me I would have no problem at all
getting
the
"dots" or "periods" to lead to evenly aligned columns of page numbers
if I
treated the Table of Contents as a Field. This was as Greek to me as
if
someone were speaking Greek to me.)

In brief, I would be grateful to learn *exactly* how to create evenly
aligned Tables on Contents, but I would be even more grateful to learn
of
a
site where the less frequently used aspects of WORD--i.e., those not
directly
comparable to a "word" processor--are discussed, or perhaps even
presented
with tutorials.

Thank you.