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Word 2007 Table of Contents gremlin
I created a table of contents for a document that I was given. The document
I was given was produced by merging several Word documents in the 97-2003 format. I was able to make the changes I need, including applying styles that I could get to appear in the table of contents. One of the TOC lines, however, has a problem. Between the number and title of the section, there appears to be a hidden character...a tab, perhaps. It produces as line of spaces between the section number and section title in the TOC, where none is visible in the corresponding spot in the body of the document. I have tried almost everything to remove this gremlin (including copying the appropriate section of body text, deleting it from the Word document, pasting the section into Notepad, editing out everything but alpha characters, and then pasting it back into the Word document and then reformatting the text), but it always comes back. I cannot find it with any known Word 2007 function, or by using another editor (the aforementioned Notepad). Any ideas? I can edit the character out of the TOC directly, but as soon as I update the entire TOC, the line of spaces returns. Help??? |
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Word 2007 Table of Contents gremlin
This sounds pretty bizarre. If you copy just the troublesome bits to a new
document, and insert a TOC there, does the oddity still occur? -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "David Pedersen" wrote in message news  I created a table of contents for a document that I was given. The document I was given was produced by merging several Word documents in the 97-2003 format. I was able to make the changes I need, including applying styles that I could get to appear in the table of contents. One of the TOC lines, however, has a problem. Between the number and title of the section, there appears to be a hidden character...a tab, perhaps. It produces as line of spaces between the section number and section title in the TOC, where none is visible in the corresponding spot in the body of the document. I have tried almost everything to remove this gremlin (including copying the appropriate section of body text, deleting it from the Word document, pasting the section into Notepad, editing out everything but alpha characters, and then pasting it back into the Word document and then reformatting the text), but it always comes back. I cannot find it with any known Word 2007 function, or by using another editor (the aforementioned Notepad). Any ideas? I can edit the character out of the TOC directly, but as soon as I update the entire TOC, the line of spaces returns. Help??? |
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Word 2007 Table of Contents gremlin
No! It did not recur! That fixed it. Obviously something was fouled up in
the document. Thanks! David "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: This sounds pretty bizarre. If you copy just the troublesome bits to a new document, and insert a TOC there, does the oddity still occur? -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "David Pedersen" wrote in message news I created a table of contents for a document that I was given. The document I was given was produced by merging several Word documents in the 97-2003 format. I was able to make the changes I need, including applying styles that I could get to appear in the table of contents. One of the TOC lines, however, has a problem. Between the number and title of the section, there appears to be a hidden character...a tab, perhaps. It produces as line of spaces between the section number and section title in the TOC, where none is visible in the corresponding spot in the body of the document. I have tried almost everything to remove this gremlin (including copying the appropriate section of body text, deleting it from the Word document, pasting the section into Notepad, editing out everything but alpha characters, and then pasting it back into the Word document and then reformatting the text), but it always comes back. I cannot find it with any known Word 2007 function, or by using another editor (the aforementioned Notepad). Any ideas? I can edit the character out of the TOC directly, but as soon as I update the entire TOC, the line of spaces returns. Help??? |
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Word 2007 Table of Contents gremlin
As your subject line suggested, I guess it was a gremlin!
-- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "David Pedersen" wrote in message news No! It did not recur! That fixed it. Obviously something was fouled up in the document. Thanks! David "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: This sounds pretty bizarre. If you copy just the troublesome bits to a new document, and insert a TOC there, does the oddity still occur? -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "David Pedersen" wrote in message news I created a table of contents for a document that I was given. The document I was given was produced by merging several Word documents in the 97-2003 format. I was able to make the changes I need, including applying styles that I could get to appear in the table of contents. One of the TOC lines, however, has a problem. Between the number and title of the section, there appears to be a hidden character...a tab, perhaps. It produces as line of spaces between the section number and section title in the TOC, where none is visible in the corresponding spot in the body of the document. I have tried almost everything to remove this gremlin (including copying the appropriate section of body text, deleting it from the Word document, pasting the section into Notepad, editing out everything but alpha characters, and then pasting it back into the Word document and then reformatting the text), but it always comes back. I cannot find it with any known Word 2007 function, or by using another editor (the aforementioned Notepad). Any ideas? I can edit the character out of the TOC directly, but as soon as I update the entire TOC, the line of spaces returns. Help??? |
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Word 2007 Table of Contents gremlin
But with your help, I was able to chase him off. Thanks!
David "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: As your subject line suggested, I guess it was a gremlin! |
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