I am creating a manual with headings that are numbered. If the heading title
starts with an italicized word, the number of the heading becomes italicized.
Is there any way to prevent this from happening. I want to be able to
italicize the first word in a four word title while keeping the number of the
heading in regular font (not italicized.)

Display nonprinting characters (Ctrl+*). Select just the paragraph mark at
the end of the numbered paragraph and remove the italic formatting.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Sue O'Donnell" wrote in message
...
I am creating a manual with headings that are numbered. If the heading
title
starts with an italicized word, the number of the heading becomes
italicized.
Is there any way to prevent this from happening. I want to be able to
italicize the first word in a four word title while keeping the number of
the
heading in regular font (not italicized.)

Suzanne,

Thanks. Actually I misstated my problem. The paragraph mark isn't in italics
because I only italized one word. And the heading number in the text doesn't
go to italics. What I should have said is that I'm trying to prevent the
Table of Contents number from showing up in italics. I have generated the
TOC, but the numbers for all titles that start with a word in italics show up
in italics. Is there any way to prevent this from happening?

Sue

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Display nonprinting characters (Ctrl+*). Select just the paragraph mark at
the end of the numbered paragraph and remove the italic formatting.

--
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.

"Sue O'Donnell" wrote in message
...
I am creating a manual with headings that are numbered. If the heading
title
starts with an italicized word, the number of the heading becomes
italicized.
Is there any way to prevent this from happening. I want to be able to
italicize the first word in a four word title while keeping the number of
the
heading in regular font (not italicized.)

What happens if you select the TOC entry and press Ctrl+Spacebar?

--
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.

"Sue O'Donnell" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,

Thanks. Actually I misstated my problem. The paragraph mark isn't in
italics
because I only italized one word. And the heading number in the text
doesn't
go to italics. What I should have said is that I'm trying to prevent the
Table of Contents number from showing up in italics. I have generated the
TOC, but the numbers for all titles that start with a word in italics show
up
in italics. Is there any way to prevent this from happening?

Sue

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Display nonprinting characters (Ctrl+*). Select just the paragraph mark
at
the end of the numbered paragraph and remove the italic formatting.

--
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.

"Sue O'Donnell" wrote in message
...
I am creating a manual with headings that are numbered. If the heading
title
starts with an italicized word, the number of the heading becomes
italicized.
Is there any way to prevent this from happening. I want to be able to
italicize the first word in a four word title while keeping the number
of
the
heading in regular font (not italicized.)

Suzanne,

When I do that, the entire line goes to plain text, including the first word
that I want to have in italics. So far the only thing I can do is to turn the
whole line to straight text and then select the one word and italicize that.
Of course, that means I will have to manually intervene every time I generate
a TOC. Since it's a 300 page document with a 10 page TOC and approximately 25
of the lines having the first word italicized, I've pretty much decided to
forgo the italics in the title line and only using it in the paragraph text
that follows the heading.

Sue

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

What happens if you select the TOC entry and press Ctrl+Spacebar?

--
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.

"Sue O'Donnell" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,

Thanks. Actually I misstated my problem. The paragraph mark isn't in
italics
because I only italized one word. And the heading number in the text
doesn't
go to italics. What I should have said is that I'm trying to prevent the
Table of Contents number from showing up in italics. I have generated the
TOC, but the numbers for all titles that start with a word in italics show
up
in italics. Is there any way to prevent this from happening?

Sue

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Display nonprinting characters (Ctrl+*). Select just the paragraph mark
at
the end of the numbered paragraph and remove the italic formatting.

--
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.

"Sue O'Donnell" wrote in message
...
I am creating a manual with headings that are numbered. If the heading
title
starts with an italicized word, the number of the heading becomes
italicized.
Is there any way to prevent this from happening. I want to be able to
italicize the first word in a four word title while keeping the number
of
the
heading in regular font (not italicized.)

This is certainly frustrating. If I have time tonight, I'll play with this
and see if I can figure out what the problem is.

--
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.

"Sue O'Donnell" wrote in message
news
Suzanne,

When I do that, the entire line goes to plain text, including the first
word
that I want to have in italics. So far the only thing I can do is to turn
the
whole line to straight text and then select the one word and italicize
that.
Of course, that means I will have to manually intervene every time I
generate
a TOC. Since it's a 300 page document with a 10 page TOC and approximately
25
of the lines having the first word italicized, I've pretty much decided to
forgo the italics in the title line and only using it in the paragraph
text
that follows the heading.

Sue

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

What happens if you select the TOC entry and press Ctrl+Spacebar?

--
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.

"Sue O'Donnell" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,

Thanks. Actually I misstated my problem. The paragraph mark isn't in
italics
because I only italized one word. And the heading number in the text
doesn't
go to italics. What I should have said is that I'm trying to prevent
the
Table of Contents number from showing up in italics. I have generated
the
TOC, but the numbers for all titles that start with a word in italics
show
up
in italics. Is there any way to prevent this from happening?

Sue

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Display nonprinting characters (Ctrl+*). Select just the paragraph
mark
at
the end of the numbered paragraph and remove the italic formatting.

--
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.

"Sue O'Donnell" wrote in
message
...
I am creating a manual with headings that are numbered. If the
heading
title
starts with an italicized word, the number of the heading becomes
italicized.
Is there any way to prevent this from happening. I want to be able
to
italicize the first word in a four word title while keeping the
number
of
the
heading in regular font (not italicized.)

Toggle the TOC field (Alt + F9) then add a \*charformat switch (if there is
already a \*mergeformat switch present (probably not) remove it.
eg
{ TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u \*charformat}
toggle the display back again then F9 to update entire table.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Sue O'Donnell wrote:
Suzanne,

When I do that, the entire line goes to plain text, including the
first word that I want to have in italics. So far the only thing I
can do is to turn the whole line to straight text and then select the
one word and italicize that. Of course, that means I will have to
manually intervene every time I generate a TOC. Since it's a 300 page
document with a 10 page TOC and approximately 25 of the lines having
the first word italicized, I've pretty much decided to forgo the
italics in the title line and only using it in the paragraph text
that follows the heading.

Sue

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

What happens if you select the TOC entry and press Ctrl+Spacebar?

--
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.

"Sue O'Donnell" wrote in
message ...
Suzanne,

Thanks. Actually I misstated my problem. The paragraph mark isn't
in italics because I only italized one word. And the heading number
in the text doesn't go to italics. What I should have said is that
I'm trying to prevent the Table of Contents number from showing up
in italics. I have generated the TOC, but the numbers for all
titles that start with a word in italics show up in italics. Is
there any way to prevent this from happening?

Sue

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Display nonprinting characters (Ctrl+*). Select just the paragraph
mark at the end of the numbered paragraph and remove the italic
formatting.

--
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.

"Sue O'Donnell" wrote in
message ...
I am creating a manual with headings that are numbered. If the
heading title starts with an italicized word, the number of the
heading becomes italicized. Is there any way to prevent this from
happening. I want to be able to italicize the first word in a
four word title while keeping the number of the heading in
regular font (not italicized.)