[Sarah R]

As a software trainer at a large law firm, I work with many secretaries who
frequently create tables of contents. By now most have learned to use the
built-in features to generate their TOCs (using styles).

Here's the kicker: Several attorneys don't want the "crunched together" dot
leaders -- the only dotted "tab leader" option available under Insert
Reference Index and Tables Table of Contents. Since the resulting TOC is
a field code, the dot leaders canNOT be substituted with Find & Replace.
Similarly, style options for the TOC levels don't work because (a) the same
dot leader style is also the only dotted option available for Tabs in a style
definition and (b) changing the style to "expanded" character spacing would
affect the entire TOC entry.

Other than typing the TOC manually, is there a way to build spaced-out dot
leaders into the output?

Thanks!
-- Sarah