It is simple enough to convert a table of contents to a table using a macro,
but it will no longer be an updatable TOC, so if you may need to make
changes later you should work with a copy of the document
Sub TOCtoTable()
Dim oRng As Range
ActiveDocument.TablesOfContents(1).Update
Set oRng = ActiveDocument.TablesOfContents(1).Range
With oRng
.Fields.Unlink
.ConvertToTable vbTab
.Font.Reset
End With
End Sub
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lpicka wrote:
I was hoping that wasn't the answer I was going to get! Bummer!
I'll try the other newsgroup. Thanks!!!
"Stefan Blom" wrote:
You cannot create a table of contents in table format in Word (with
the exception, of course, that a table of contents can be placed in
a *table cell*).
Maybe someone can create a macro that does what you want. You may
want to ask in a programming newsgroup such as
microsoft.public.word.vba.general.
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"lpicka" wrote in message
...
I currently have a table in my document that lists a bunch of e-mail
messages
showing a summary. It contains the subject in one column and a few
other details in other columns. I want to add a page number column
also and then
link the page number down to a section in my document that has all
the details about the e-mail message. I'd like to actually use a
table of contents type of a feature to accomplish this so that in
my cell that says "subject", that would actually display the
Heading (subject of my e-mail message) from my details section
below and then the page number column would
display the page that the heading (e-mail message subject) is on.
That way
someone can use that summary table as a table of contents and it
functions for when using it electronically (click and it links
right to document) or if
it is printed (displays the printed page number they can go to).
If I change
a heading below down in my details or if they move to different
pages, then i
can simply just say "update TOC" and it will update my whole summary
table.
I realize I can accomplish this with bookmarks or cross references
but it will take a long time to build. I have hundreds of
messages. Does anyone have other ideas?