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Table of Contents does not save Styles selection in Options dialog
This is something of a repeat of a thread on the same topic dated 4/20 and
titled Tables of Contents and Styles. Neither of the respondants seemed to understand the problem. Either that, or they have done something to solve it and so have forgotten that it is a problem. I am looking for that something. The problem is that regardless of which styles I select to display in my TOC (click Options button and display "Table of Contents Options" dialog), the styles are displayed correctly, but if I re-open that dialog (to edit my selections perhaps), Word has forgotten my original selections, and I have to set it all up again. Changing the TOC in the document's template does not help. Word forgets the selections in a template just as completely as it does in a document. The question is, is there any way to force Word to retain the selections made in that dialog so that 1) I can make selected edits rather than setting up all the styles again and 2) I can have some minimal confidence that my selections will persist? -- John D |
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If you revisit the TOC dialog, you will always find the default settings. If
you need to "edit your selections," then you'll have to accept this situation. You should be able to tell whether Word is producing a correct TOC field by examining the field code; with some practice you can edit the field directly instead of revisiting the dialog. For more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCSwitches.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. "John D" wrote in message ... This is something of a repeat of a thread on the same topic dated 4/20 and titled Tables of Contents and Styles. Neither of the respondants seemed to understand the problem. Either that, or they have done something to solve it and so have forgotten that it is a problem. I am looking for that something. The problem is that regardless of which styles I select to display in my TOC (click Options button and display "Table of Contents Options" dialog), the styles are displayed correctly, but if I re-open that dialog (to edit my selections perhaps), Word has forgotten my original selections, and I have to set it all up again. Changing the TOC in the document's template does not help. Word forgets the selections in a template just as completely as it does in a document. The question is, is there any way to force Word to retain the selections made in that dialog so that 1) I can make selected edits rather than setting up all the styles again and 2) I can have some minimal confidence that my selections will persist? -- John D |
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