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table of contents / links / slowness issues
I am working with an ms-word.doc which has pasted link tables from a
ms-excel file. I added a table of contents to the word.doc file so point & clicking to take the user to the desired location in the word.doc, quickly. When the word.doc is opened, if "no" is selected for the update links prompt, the table of contents links (and the "back" button on the web toolbar) redirect the user to the desired location very quickly. However, if "yes" is selected when prompted to update links upon opening the word.doc, the table of contents then takes alot longer to redirect the user to the new area. Using the back button on the web tool bar also takes along time to return to the table of contents. During this process and during what was described above, the "word is updating fields in the document" status message appears in the lower left corner of the word.doc, with the "prgoress squares". This does not happen if "no" is selected to the update links prompt when the word.doc is opened. Is there a setting that I can change so the above does not take so long? The idea behind the table of contents was to save time taken up by scrolling. Thanks in advance for any assistance provided. |
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Cindy,
Thanks for your response. That's what I ended up doing last week with these word.docs. It does work well. However, point & click table of contents would be preferred because it takes up less horizontal screen space, and allows the TOC to update itself if there are additons / deletions to the word.docs. Is the slowness that I described something that I would have to live with if I were to use it? I have not been able to find any guidance elsehere. Thanks again for your help. Cindy M -WordMVP- wrote: Hi , You're in a vicious circle, here. In Word, links are maintained by fields. Word is making sure everything is as up-to-date as possible, so if you have many linked Excel files, each will be updated, in turn. What you might try is the Document Map, rather than a TOC (View/Document Map). This will list all text formatted with "outline levels". Word's built-in Heading styles automatically have levels 1 through 9. You can assign outline levels to other styles, or directly to text; it's in the Format/Paragraph dialog box. I am working with an ms-word.doc which has pasted link tables from a ms-excel file. I added a table of contents to the word.doc file so point & clicking to take the user to the desired location in the word.doc, quickly. When the word.doc is opened, if "no" is selected for the update links prompt, the table of contents links (and the "back" button on the web toolbar) redirect the user to the desired location very quickly. However, if "yes" is selected when prompted to update links upon opening the word.doc, the table of contents then takes alot longer to redirect the user to the new area. Using the back button on the web tool bar also takes along time to return to the table of contents. During this process and during what was described above, the "word is updating fields in the document" status message appears in the lower left corner of the word.doc, with the "prgoress squares". This does not happen if "no" is selected to the update links prompt when the word.doc is opened. Is there a setting that I can change so the above does not take so long? The idea behind the table of contents was to save time taken up by scrolling. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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table of contents / links / slowness issues
Hi ,
However, point & click table of contents would be preferred because it takes up less horizontal screen space, and allows the TOC to update itself if there are additons / deletions to the word.docs. Is the slowness that I described something that I would have to live with if I were to use it? I'd say yes, unless you're willing to lock the fields so that they can't update automatically. Try: Ctrl+A, Ctrl+F11 to lock the fields. Now use your TOC. Then Ctrl+A, Ctrl+Shift+F11 to unlock the fields again. If this is satisfactory, you only need to determine how often the fields must be updated. You could, for example, include an AutoOpen macro that unlocks, updates, then relocks the fields. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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