[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

From your description I assumed you wanted the leader to stop short of the
page numbers (a nice touch), which requires two tab stops but also two tab
characters and an additional switch in the TOC field; we've had another
thread here or elsewhere where someone was working on that, and I guess I
figured this was that one. Sorry for *my* dimness.

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Words into Type
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"Ed" wrote in message
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Well, I guess what I didn't understand was _tabs_!! I cleared all the
other
tabs and set one right-aligned tab with dotted leader at 6.45". Bingo!
Everything lines up beautifully!

Many thanks to Suzanne, Stefan, and Herb for staying with my dimness on
this. You people are the only reason I know anything about this thing
called Word!

Ed

"Ed" wrote in message
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Hi, Herb. Thanks for jumping in.

Are they right aligned, but simply not at the right edge?
Correct.
Are you modifying tab settings directly, or are you modifying the TOC 2
style definition?
TOC2 style.

*sigh* There may be more than TOC that I don't understand here! Page
setup is 1" left and right margins. For TOC2, I've got a left-aligned
tab
with leader at 6.1" and a right-aligned tab at 6.48". I typed a row of
"a"s in an empty paragraph - the text broke to the next line at 6.42".
So
I changed my 6.48 tab to 6.4 to be within the useable text margins and
updated the field table - no go.

As far as the TOC is concerned, my employer isn't going to hang me if
the
numbers aren't perfectly aligned! But I would really like to understand
as much as possible about what is happening with these tabs! I get the
feeling there's something pretty basic about how all this is supposed to
work that I'm missing. I would assume that a right-aligned tab would
pull
the right edge of my text to wherever the tab stop is, just as a
left-aligned tab pushes the text to the tab stop. So why isn't the page
number being pulled to 6.4"?

Ed

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
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Are they right aligned, but simply not at the right edge?

Are you modifying tab settings directly, or are you modifying the TOC 2
style definition? You need to modify the TOC 2 style definition if you
want the setting to survive updating the TOC field.

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"Ed" wrote in message
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I'm not understanding you, Suzanne. I've got 1 inch left and right
margins, a left aligned tab with a dotted leader set for 6.2 inches,
and
I set a right aligned tab with no leader at 6.48 inches. I then did
an
update .. entire table, but the numbers still don't line up against
the
right edge. I tried using the ruler and moved my tabs back and forth,
but I still can't get them to dance for me.

Ed

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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You probably just need to reinsert the right-aligned tab stop at the
right
margin in the TOC 2 styles. When the TOC field "forgets" what it's
doing wrt
numbering for some levels, this tab stop (which is generated
dynamically)
also gets lost. If you're using the default 1.25" left and right
margins
(does anyone ever?), the tab stop would be at 6" (though Word puts it
at
5.99"); you'll need to adjust for your actual margins--look at the
ruler for
guidance (and that's the easiest way to set the stop, too).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Ed" wrote in message
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Okay - after reading through some stuff on the Word FAQ site, Shauna
Kelly's
site, and Suzanne Barnhill's site, I've got most of this resolved.
I
edited
my heading styles, reapplied the styles, and edited the field code
to
take
out numbering for Heading 1. (If anyone is just throwing out
questions
here
and not reading these articles, you are missing great wealth!)

I am currently left with only one major nagging issue (others will
crop
up,
I'm sure!): my page numbers don't align on the right side. That
is,
I
would like the right edges of my one-digit numbers to match the
right
edges
of my two-digit page numbers. I have "Right Align Numbers" checked,
and
even modified the TOC style as "Justified". Nothing seems to work,
though.
Any suggestions?

Ed

"Ed" wrote in message
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I have inherited a document with a TOC field. Every time I choose
to
update the entire field, though, it goes haywire! I hope someone
can
help.

I have two styles used - Heading 1 and Heading 2. I believe they
are
both
resident in the document, and not necessarily the same as those
styles
in
my Normal template. At the moment, Heading 1 styles are formatted
in
the
TOC as bold, underlined, and no page number. Heading 2 styles are
not
bold or underlined, and have a dotted tab leader to a
right-aligned
page
number. This is good and I want to keep it. The current field
code
is
{TOC \O "1-2" \Z}.

When I try to update the entire table, the Heading 1 styles are
bold
and
underlined, but have a page number, and the underline extends to
the
number. The Heading 2 styles lose the dotted tab leader. Also,
the
tab
setting is changed to stop at mid-page. I've tried changing the
TOC
style
when I update, but it keeps getting worse!

It's probably time to start from scratch! What settings am I
looking
for
when I make this?

Ed