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Headings and TOC for Multi-Part Documents
I believe I can't do what I'm trying, but wanted to see if anyone had
recommendations I've overlooked. I do technical writing for a company and have been tasked with putting together a rather large, multi-part, living document. I'm good at using the built-in header styles, page numbering, TOC and captioning and have successfully set up the core document as I want it. (Roman numerals for front matter page numbers, etc.) Everything works fine. (Page numbering, cross-referencing, auto-TOC, TOT and TOF, etc.) Problem is I've been asked to use chapter numbering in the Appendicies (i.e., Appendix A starts at A-1) and Attachments (i.e., Attachment 1 starts at 1-1) since those sections will be built/updated over time by different people and "added on" to the core document. My nirvana goal is to set up a single template that other authors can use to develop their sections and then insert their work into the core Word document, update the captions and TOCs and publish as a single file. I set up two additional outline list formats that include the Appendix and Attachment numbers and also created two new sets of Heading styles linked to the outlining format as well as the built in heading formate. (To keep it looking consistent.) Everything works great in building the document content. However, captioning only lets me link to the built-in Heading styles. (I'd like to create new Table and Figure caption lables that link to the Appendix and Attachment headers, respectively.) Also, while I can manually add a cross-reference to the section number in the Appendix and Attachment footers, the TOC doesn't grab it since it's not part of the "Page" tag. An obvious solution is to have a separate file for each section type (core, Appendicies and Attachments), but then I'm assuming I'd have to manually build the TOC. (Although I can auto-generate it in each section, cut and paste "as text" to put it all together.) The project screams for a desktop publishing solution, but that's a non-starter for numerous reasons. Right now, if I can just find a working solution for the TOC/TOT/TOF page-number references I can live with manually inserting a Section reference and resetting the numbering on the Appendix/Attachment captions. If Word had the ability to: a) assign section-specific heading styles, and b) not force the name and text of a caption label to be one in the same, this would be a slam dunk. In lieu of Microsoft recoding Word just for me, any other recommendations? Many thanks ... -- Jason |
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Headings and TOC for Multi-Part Documents
Unless you're using way too many heading levels in the body of the document,
the trick for the appendixes is to use unused heading levels. This will allow you to include the appendix number in page numbers (in a way that will show up in the TOC), figure captions, etc. See http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/numb...ppendixes.html for instructions. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jason Doelling" wrote in message ... I believe I can't do what I'm trying, but wanted to see if anyone had recommendations I've overlooked. I do technical writing for a company and have been tasked with putting together a rather large, multi-part, living document. I'm good at using the built-in header styles, page numbering, TOC and captioning and have successfully set up the core document as I want it. (Roman numerals for front matter page numbers, etc.) Everything works fine. (Page numbering, cross-referencing, auto-TOC, TOT and TOF, etc.) Problem is I've been asked to use chapter numbering in the Appendicies (i.e., Appendix A starts at A-1) and Attachments (i.e., Attachment 1 starts at 1-1) since those sections will be built/updated over time by different people and "added on" to the core document. My nirvana goal is to set up a single template that other authors can use to develop their sections and then insert their work into the core Word document, update the captions and TOCs and publish as a single file. I set up two additional outline list formats that include the Appendix and Attachment numbers and also created two new sets of Heading styles linked to the outlining format as well as the built in heading formate. (To keep it looking consistent.) Everything works great in building the document content. However, captioning only lets me link to the built-in Heading styles. (I'd like to create new Table and Figure caption lables that link to the Appendix and Attachment headers, respectively.) Also, while I can manually add a cross-reference to the section number in the Appendix and Attachment footers, the TOC doesn't grab it since it's not part of the "Page" tag. An obvious solution is to have a separate file for each section type (core, Appendicies and Attachments), but then I'm assuming I'd have to manually build the TOC. (Although I can auto-generate it in each section, cut and paste "as text" to put it all together.) The project screams for a desktop publishing solution, but that's a non-starter for numerous reasons. Right now, if I can just find a working solution for the TOC/TOT/TOF page-number references I can live with manually inserting a Section reference and resetting the numbering on the Appendix/Attachment captions. If Word had the ability to: a) assign section-specific heading styles, and b) not force the name and text of a caption label to be one in the same, this would be a slam dunk. In lieu of Microsoft recoding Word just for me, any other recommendations? Many thanks ... -- Jason |
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