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Update toc dialog box doesn't come up
I need to update my table of contents with just page numbers. When I right click and choose update field, the update toc dialog box doesn't come up. It updates the entire table of contents and changes the formatting. How can I remedy this?
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Update toc dialog box doesn't come up
The formatting should be put into the styles for each of the ToC
levels, rather than applied after the ToC has been generated. If you've already done that, what sort of formatting is changing? You might try Show Fields (is that Shift-F9?) and right-click on the gobbledegook that appears. But indeed, whenever I update a ToC or an Index, it does ask whether to do just the page numbers or the whole thing. On Sep 21, 10:21*pm, Jello wrote: I need to update my table of contents with just page numbers. *When I right click and choose update field, the update toc dialog box doesn't come up. *It updates the entire table of contents and changes the formatting. How can I remedy this? -- Jello |
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Update toc dialog box doesn't come up
I find that in some cases it will automatically update the entire table
(without asking). I know this is the case in an appendix listing that doesn't include page numbers, but I think it may also happen when Word knows that there is content to add/change. "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message ... The formatting should be put into the styles for each of the ToC levels, rather than applied after the ToC has been generated. If you've already done that, what sort of formatting is changing? You might try Show Fields (is that Shift-F9?) and right-click on the gobbledegook that appears. But indeed, whenever I update a ToC or an Index, it does ask whether to do just the page numbers or the whole thing. On Sep 21, 10:21 pm, Jello wrote: I need to update my table of contents with just page numbers. When I right click and choose update field, the update toc dialog box doesn't come up. It updates the entire table of contents and changes the formatting. How can I remedy this? -- Jello |
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Update toc dialog box doesn't come up
Sometimes Word knows entirely too much for its own good.
On Sep 22, 8:07*am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I find that in some cases it will automatically update the entire table (without asking). I know this is the case in an appendix listing that doesn't include page numbers, but I think it may also happen when Word knows that there is content to add/change. "Peter T. Daniels" *wrote in ... The formatting should be put into the styles for each of the ToC levels, rather than applied after the ToC has been generated. If you've already done that, what sort of formatting is changing? You might try Show Fields (is that Shift-F9?) and right-click on the gobbledegook that appears. But indeed, whenever I update a ToC or an Index, it does ask whether to do just the page numbers or the whole thing. On Sep 21, 10:21 pm, Jello wrote: I need to update my table of contents with just page numbers. *When I right click and choose update field, the update toc dialog box doesn't come up. *It updates the entire table of contents and changes the formatting. How can I remedy this? |
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Update toc dialog box doesn't come up
Note that Shift+F9 shows/hides field codes in the selection, while Alt+F9
shows/hides all field codes. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message ... The formatting should be put into the styles for each of the ToC levels, rather than applied after the ToC has been generated. If you've already done that, what sort of formatting is changing? You might try Show Fields (is that Shift-F9?) and right-click on the gobbledegook that appears. But indeed, whenever I update a ToC or an Index, it does ask whether to do just the page numbers or the whole thing. On Sep 21, 10:21 pm, Jello wrote: I need to update my table of contents with just page numbers. When I right click and choose update field, the update toc dialog box doesn't come up. It updates the entire table of contents and changes the formatting. How can I remedy this? -- Jello |
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Update toc dialog box doesn't come up
:-)
Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP On 2012-09-22 14:51, Peter T. Daniels wrote: Sometimes Word knows entirely too much for its own good. On Sep 22, 8:07 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I find that in some cases it will automatically update the entire table (without asking). I know this is the case in an appendix listing that doesn't include page numbers, but I think it may also happen when Word knows that there is content to add/change. "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in ... The formatting should be put into the styles for each of the ToC levels, rather than applied after the ToC has been generated. If you've already done that, what sort of formatting is changing? You might try Show Fields (is that Shift-F9?) and right-click on the gobbledegook that appears. But indeed, whenever I update a ToC or an Index, it does ask whether to do just the page numbers or the whole thing. On Sep 21, 10:21 pm, Jello wrote: I need to update my table of contents with just page numbers. When I right click and choose update field, the update toc dialog box doesn't come up. It updates the entire table of contents and changes the formatting. How can I remedy this? |
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The entire format of the table of contents changes. I haven't put it into the styles for the Toc levels. How do I do that? I just want the dialog box to pop up so I can only update the page numbers.
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Update toc dialog box doesn't come up
As stated in other replies, if Word finds that headings have been added or
removed, it will update the whole TOC without asking you. There is no way around that. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Jello" wrote in message ... The entire format of the table of contents changes. I haven't put it into the styles for the Toc levels. How do I do that? I just want the dialog box to pop up so I can only update the page numbers. Peter T. Daniels;493308 Wrote: The formatting should be put into the styles for each of the ToC levels, rather than applied after the ToC has been generated. If you've already done that, what sort of formatting is changing? You might try Show Fields (is that Shift-F9?) and right-click on the gobbledegook that appears. But indeed, whenever I update a ToC or an Index, it does ask whether to do just the page numbers or the whole thing. On Sep 21, 10:21*pm, Jello wrote:- I need to update my table of contents with just page numbers. *When I right click and choose update field, the update toc dialog box doesn't come up. *It updates the entire table of contents and changes the formatting. How can I remedy this? -- Jello- -- Jello |
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Update toc dialog box doesn't come up
You modify TOC styles the same way as any other, though actually it's a bit
easier for TOC styles because they're set to update automatically, so any changes you make to the paragraph formatting will be made to the style. Direct font formatting doesn't seem to reliably update the style; for that you will probably need to modify the style directly: see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...ifyAStyle.html. "Jello" wrote in message ... The entire format of the table of contents changes. I haven't put it into the styles for the Toc levels. How do I do that? I just want the dialog box to pop up so I can only update the page numbers. Peter T. Daniels;493308 Wrote: The formatting should be put into the styles for each of the ToC levels, rather than applied after the ToC has been generated. If you've already done that, what sort of formatting is changing? You might try Show Fields (is that Shift-F9?) and right-click on the gobbledegook that appears. But indeed, whenever I update a ToC or an Index, it does ask whether to do just the page numbers or the whole thing. On Sep 21, 10:21*pm, Jello wrote:- I need to update my table of contents with just page numbers. *When I right click and choose update field, the update toc dialog box doesn't come up. *It updates the entire table of contents and changes the formatting. How can I remedy this? -- Jello- -- Jello |
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