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Thank you for your help regarding the TOC formatting problem. I reviewed the
document you sent and found it to be close to the problem but not on target.
I am still hoping for more information.
Thank you.

The question again - hopefully more clearly - is: When working in the
Insert/reference/index and tables; in this diaglog box it offers a place to
choose how many levels will show in the TOC selected from the styles within
the document. Each time I choose 6 levels. Then I go into 'options' and
change the default settings to the order in which I would like them to appear
in the TOC. Both of these tasks do not stick. After I leave this to update
the TOC and then return to now modify the appearance of each TOC level - both
actions; the number of levels have returned to the orginal 3 instead of my
chosen 6 and the listed order in which I placed has gone back to the orginal
default order. This is very frustrating. I am working on a template I am
trying to build for consistency for future large reports. Please help.

CS
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See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCSwitches.htm and
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/TOCTips.htm. Note that it is not possible
to change the default settings in the dialog. If you use a specific type of
TOC, you can save the TOC field as an AutoText entry.

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"CS" wrote in message
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Thank you for your help regarding the TOC formatting problem. I reviewed

the
document you sent and found it to be close to the problem but not on

target.
I am still hoping for more information.
Thank you.

The question again - hopefully more clearly - is: When working in the
Insert/reference/index and tables; in this diaglog box it offers a place

to
choose how many levels will show in the TOC selected from the styles

within
the document. Each time I choose 6 levels. Then I go into 'options' and
change the default settings to the order in which I would like them to

appear
in the TOC. Both of these tasks do not stick. After I leave this to update
the TOC and then return to now modify the appearance of each TOC level -

both
actions; the number of levels have returned to the orginal 3 instead of my
chosen 6 and the listed order in which I placed has gone back to the

orginal
default order. This is very frustrating. I am working on a template I am
trying to build for consistency for future large reports. Please help.

CS


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Thank you Suzanne. I have been searching for a long time and haven't found
information as clear and as close to my needs as this TOC Tips doc. I have
read it and now need to apply it. It really helps. I am not pleased about
the inability to change the default settings though, maybe that will change
in the future. That would be extremely helpful.
Well its back to the drawing board now. Thanks again. Very helpful!!
CS

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCSwitches.htm and
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/TOCTips.htm. Note that it is not possible
to change the default settings in the dialog. If you use a specific type of
TOC, you can save the TOC field as an AutoText entry.

--
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.

"CS" wrote in message
...
Thank you for your help regarding the TOC formatting problem. I reviewed

the
document you sent and found it to be close to the problem but not on

target.
I am still hoping for more information.
Thank you.

The question again - hopefully more clearly - is: When working in the
Insert/reference/index and tables; in this diaglog box it offers a place

to
choose how many levels will show in the TOC selected from the styles

within
the document. Each time I choose 6 levels. Then I go into 'options' and
change the default settings to the order in which I would like them to

appear
in the TOC. Both of these tasks do not stick. After I leave this to update
the TOC and then return to now modify the appearance of each TOC level -

both
actions; the number of levels have returned to the orginal 3 instead of my
chosen 6 and the listed order in which I placed has gone back to the

orginal
default order. This is very frustrating. I am working on a template I am
trying to build for consistency for future large reports. Please help.

CS



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I agree that it would be helpful to be able to change the defaults. It would
be even more useful if, having inserted a TOC, you could return to the
dialog and make changes instead of having to start fresh. Because neither is
possible, however, it is handy to know how to edit the TOC field manually.

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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.

"CS" wrote in message
news
Thank you Suzanne. I have been searching for a long time and haven't

found
information as clear and as close to my needs as this TOC Tips doc. I have
read it and now need to apply it. It really helps. I am not pleased about
the inability to change the default settings though, maybe that will

change
in the future. That would be extremely helpful.
Well its back to the drawing board now. Thanks again. Very helpful!!
CS

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCSwitches.htm and
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/TOCTips.htm. Note that it is not

possible
to change the default settings in the dialog. If you use a specific type

of
TOC, you can save the TOC field as an AutoText entry.

--
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.

"CS" wrote in message
...
Thank you for your help regarding the TOC formatting problem. I

reviewed
the
document you sent and found it to be close to the problem but not on

target.
I am still hoping for more information.
Thank you.

The question again - hopefully more clearly - is: When working in the
Insert/reference/index and tables; in this diaglog box it offers a

place
to
choose how many levels will show in the TOC selected from the styles

within
the document. Each time I choose 6 levels. Then I go into 'options'

and
change the default settings to the order in which I would like them to

appear
in the TOC. Both of these tasks do not stick. After I leave this to

update
the TOC and then return to now modify the appearance of each TOC

level -
both
actions; the number of levels have returned to the orginal 3 instead

of my
chosen 6 and the listed order in which I placed has gone back to the

orginal
default order. This is very frustrating. I am working on a template I

am
trying to build for consistency for future large reports. Please help.

CS




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