Interestingly, I tested the \w switch in a previous version when I was
writing http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCSwitches.htm, and apparently
it did work, but I can't get it to work in Word 2003. sigh

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Words into Type
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"Cathy D." wrote in message
...
Suzanne, thanks for getting back to me so fast. I tried your
recommendations, but unfortunately, it doesn't work the way I need it to.
I
guess we will have to make the changes manually, or overlook the messy
format.

Thank you for your help.
Cathy

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Unfortunately, there is probably no way around what you are experiencing
as
long as you continue to update the TOC. Once editing is complete and you
are
sure the page numbers will not change, add the tab characters back and
then
lock (Ctrl+F11) or unlink (Ctrl+Shift+F9) the TOC field so it
won't/can't
update.

One thing you might try (how well it will work depends on how your
headings
are formatted): Add a tab character to the end of each heading in the
document. Then add a \w switch to the TOC field, which will preserve the
tab
characters instead of converting them to spaces. Try this with one or
two
headings to see how it works before you go to the trouble of adding it
to
all.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Microsoft Newsgroups" wrote in message
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I'm using Word 2002 and I'm creating a table of contents from heading
styles
and using a dot leader that goes over to the page numbers. My problem
is
that I don't want the dot leaders to go right up to the page numbers.
Instead, I want them to stop about a half inch from the page number.
An
example would be that I set a dot leader tab at 6.0 for the leaders to
stop
and a right align tab at 6.5 for the page number. This requires you
to
tab
once for the dot leader and then again to get to the page number tab
and
type in the page number. This works fine if you were to type the ToC
manually, however, if you Update the ToC it doesn't work. Instead,
the
page
numbers slide back and line up to the dot leader tab. It's as though
it
can
only use one tab after the ToC entry and not two.

Does anyone know how I can get this to work. Your help will be
greatly
appreciated. Thank you.