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Table of Contents Formatting
How do I get three lines to appear as a single line in a table of contents?
For example: I would like CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION to appear as CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION in my table of contents. The text in the body has to be on two separate lines with a blank line in between. |
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Hi,
Does it have to be a blank line (an actual carriage return) in the body of the paper? If you are submitting a hard copy you'd be better off using a style with the line spacings set at double spacing. To ensure that the next line has the same style, use a softt return (hold down shift, press return). This will keep all the formatting the same and stop Word going into its default "next style". This will also help when setting up your TOC, which uses styles to find the headings etc. See the links below for TOC tips and also a whole range of tips which will help you set up a realy effective easy to use document. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingOLView.htm Hope this helps Fiona "GradStudent" wrote: How do I get three lines to appear as a single line in a table of contents? For example: I would like CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION to appear as CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION in my table of contents. The text in the body has to be on two separate lines with a blank line in between. |
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I just tested setting up a TOC when I used a soft return (ctrl + enter) in
the body of the text with double spacing to get the effect you were after and it created a TOC entry as you wanted it formatted. HTH Fiona "GradStudent" wrote: How do I get three lines to appear as a single line in a table of contents? For example: I would like CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION to appear as CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION in my table of contents. The text in the body has to be on two separate lines with a blank line in between. |
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If you insert two line breaks (Shift+Enter), they will be translated into
two spaces in the TOC. If you want a single space, then change the line spacing from Single to an Exact or Multiple amount and use a single line break (but keep in mind that the line spacing will also apply to any long titles that run over to a second line). -- 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. "GradStudent" wrote in message ... How do I get three lines to appear as a single line in a table of contents? For example: I would like CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION to appear as CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION in my table of contents. The text in the body has to be on two separate lines with a blank line in between. |
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Thank you both very much for the excellent responses! The ShiftEnter was
EXACTLY what I needed! (I already had the document set to do double spacing). THANKS again! |
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No problem, glad it helped. It's nice to be able to give back to a forum I
get a lot from. Fiona "GradStudent" wrote: Thank you both very much for the excellent responses! The ShiftEnter was EXACTLY what I needed! (I already had the document set to do double spacing). THANKS again! |
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