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Hi There,
I think I have been hoisted by my own petard. I am using a template manual.dot. which on template printing shows Chapter headings etc. All very nice. However when I use template as a doc and rebulid toc the toc comes out with hdg1 2 3 etc. I try changing the toc structure but it always seems to change back and my toc is corrupted. Also the chapter section style alwayds sems to be first? and again when I delete it always seems to re-appear. In the tools I have tried changing templates etc but to no avail. The attached tem,plates are normal and manual.dot. I would really appreciate any help.. Best Regards david |
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There are a few problems here. You can't use a template as a document; you
create a document based on a template. And that document cannot have more than one attached template. If you completely delete the TOC and insert a fresh one, you should be able to include whatever styles you want. Once you have a TOC that works, you don't ever replace it, just update it using F9. Note that you cannot edit the TOC directly, as your efforts will be undone when you update the TOC. You must modify the TOC styles (to change the formatting) and the headings in the document (to change the content). See http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html -- 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. "David" David @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message ... Hi There, I think I have been hoisted by my own petard. I am using a template manual.dot. which on template printing shows Chapter headings etc. All very nice. However when I use template as a doc and rebulid toc the toc comes out with hdg1 2 3 etc. I try changing the toc structure but it always seems to change back and my toc is corrupted. Also the chapter section style alwayds sems to be first? and again when I delete it always seems to re-appear. In the tools I have tried changing templates etc but to no avail. The attached tem,plates are normal and manual.dot. I would really appreciate any help.. Best Regards david |
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Hi Suzanne,
Thanks for this , much appreciated. I opened template and then saved as .doc (okay?). I will delete attached normal.dot and attach manual.dot (?), delete toc and try again. Many Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: There are a few problems here. You can't use a template as a document; you create a document based on a template. And that document cannot have more than one attached template. If you completely delete the TOC and insert a fresh one, you should be able to include whatever styles you want. Once you have a TOC that works, you don't ever replace it, just update it using F9. Note that you cannot edit the TOC directly, as your efforts will be undone when you update the TOC. You must modify the TOC styles (to change the formatting) and the headings in the document (to change the content). See http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html -- 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. "David" David @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message ... Hi There, I think I have been hoisted by my own petard. I am using a template manual.dot. which on template printing shows Chapter headings etc. All very nice. However when I use template as a doc and rebulid toc the toc comes out with hdg1 2 3 etc. I try changing the toc structure but it always seems to change back and my toc is corrupted. Also the chapter section style alwayds sems to be first? and again when I delete it always seems to re-appear. In the tools I have tried changing templates etc but to no avail. The attached tem,plates are normal and manual.dot. I would really appreciate any help.. Best Regards david |
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In most versions of Word you cannot open a template (.dot) file and save it
as a document. I believe this may be possible in Word 2003, though it's not really recommended. The preferred way to create a document based on a template is to use File New. Double-clicking on a template in Windows Explorer also runs the New command. If when you "open" the template, the result is "Document#" in the title bar, then you're okay; if it's the template name, go back and do it right. -- 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. "David" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne, Thanks for this , much appreciated. I opened template and then saved as ..doc (okay?). I will delete attached normal.dot and attach manual.dot (?), delete toc and try again. Many Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: There are a few problems here. You can't use a template as a document; you create a document based on a template. And that document cannot have more than one attached template. If you completely delete the TOC and insert a fresh one, you should be able to include whatever styles you want. Once you have a TOC that works, you don't ever replace it, just update it using F9. Note that you cannot edit the TOC directly, as your efforts will be undone when you update the TOC. You must modify the TOC styles (to change the formatting) and the headings in the document (to change the content). See http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html -- 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. "David" David @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message ... Hi There, I think I have been hoisted by my own petard. I am using a template manual.dot. which on template printing shows Chapter headings etc. All very nice. However when I use template as a doc and rebulid toc the toc comes out with hdg1 2 3 etc. I try changing the toc structure but it always seems to change back and my toc is corrupted. Also the chapter section style alwayds sems to be first? and again when I delete it always seems to re-appear. In the tools I have tried changing templates etc but to no avail. The attached tem,plates are normal and manual.dot. I would really appreciate any help.. Best Regards david |
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All works now!! - Thanks a lot saved me loads of hassle. Your'e right word
2003 allows dot to doc. ps: TOC is now fine. but I would like it to be columns across page but selecting toc2 does not seem to do the trick -- can I impose further for this info.. Cheers - david. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: In most versions of Word you cannot open a template (.dot) file and save it as a document. I believe this may be possible in Word 2003, though it's not really recommended. The preferred way to create a document based on a template is to use File New. Double-clicking on a template in Windows Explorer also runs the New command. If when you "open" the template, the result is "Document#" in the title bar, then you're okay; if it's the template name, go back and do it right. -- 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. "David" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne, Thanks for this , much appreciated. I opened template and then saved as ..doc (okay?). I will delete attached normal.dot and attach manual.dot (?), delete toc and try again. Many Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: There are a few problems here. You can't use a template as a document; you create a document based on a template. And that document cannot have more than one attached template. If you completely delete the TOC and insert a fresh one, you should be able to include whatever styles you want. Once you have a TOC that works, you don't ever replace it, just update it using F9. Note that you cannot edit the TOC directly, as your efforts will be undone when you update the TOC. You must modify the TOC styles (to change the formatting) and the headings in the document (to change the content). See http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html -- 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. "David" David @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message ... Hi There, I think I have been hoisted by my own petard. I am using a template manual.dot. which on template printing shows Chapter headings etc. All very nice. However when I use template as a doc and rebulid toc the toc comes out with hdg1 2 3 etc. I try changing the toc structure but it always seems to change back and my toc is corrupted. Also the chapter section style alwayds sems to be first? and again when I delete it always seems to re-appear. In the tools I have tried changing templates etc but to no avail. The attached tem,plates are normal and manual.dot. I would really appreciate any help.. Best Regards david |
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If by "columns across the page" you mean that you would like the TOC to be
in double columns, then format the section as two columns before inserting the TOC; I think it will conform. If by chance it does not, you can change the right tab setting in each of the relevant TOC styles, though accessing the styles to modify them is often easier said than done. You get one chance to Modify... when you're initially setting up the TOC. After that, you can use the Styles and Formatting task pane if your TOC entries are not hyperlinked (except for the page number); if they are, the style displayed for "Formatting of selected text" is Hyperlink, which is no help. If that's the case, you have to select "Custom" for the "Show" setting. This opens the Format Settings dialog. Click Styles... at the bottom of it to open the Style dialog, select the relevant TOC style, then click Modify..., Format, Tabs, etc. -- 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. "David" wrote in message ... All works now!! - Thanks a lot saved me loads of hassle. Your'e right word 2003 allows dot to doc. ps: TOC is now fine. but I would like it to be columns across page but selecting toc2 does not seem to do the trick -- can I impose further for this info.. Cheers - david. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: In most versions of Word you cannot open a template (.dot) file and save it as a document. I believe this may be possible in Word 2003, though it's not really recommended. The preferred way to create a document based on a template is to use File New. Double-clicking on a template in Windows Explorer also runs the New command. If when you "open" the template, the result is "Document#" in the title bar, then you're okay; if it's the template name, go back and do it right. -- 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. "David" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne, Thanks for this , much appreciated. I opened template and then saved as ..doc (okay?). I will delete attached normal.dot and attach manual.dot (?), delete toc and try again. Many Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: There are a few problems here. You can't use a template as a document; you create a document based on a template. And that document cannot have more than one attached template. If you completely delete the TOC and insert a fresh one, you should be able to include whatever styles you want. Once you have a TOC that works, you don't ever replace it, just update it using F9. Note that you cannot edit the TOC directly, as your efforts will be undone when you update the TOC. You must modify the TOC styles (to change the formatting) and the headings in the document (to change the content). See http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html -- 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. "David" David @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message ... Hi There, I think I have been hoisted by my own petard. I am using a template manual.dot. which on template printing shows Chapter headings etc. All very nice. However when I use template as a doc and rebulid toc the toc comes out with hdg1 2 3 etc. I try changing the toc structure but it always seems to change back and my toc is corrupted. Also the chapter section style alwayds sems to be first? and again when I delete it always seems to re-appear. In the tools I have tried changing templates etc but to no avail. The attached tem,plates are normal and manual.dot. I would really appreciate any help.. Best Regards david |
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Another trick that I've found for Modifying the TOC styles is:
- First Show Paragraph Marks (I have learned to run with this on all the time) - Open the Styles and Formatting pane - Select the paragraph mark for the TOC level you want to modify - TOC Style should appear in the Formatting of Selected Text - Find the drop-down next to this and select modify With the insertion point in the text of the TOC item, you get the Hyperlink style, as Suzanne indicated. If you select just the paragraph mark, you should be able to modify the TOC style. I've found TOC to be particularly troublesome for users who are new to Styles. I wish there was an easier way to work with them as they are very useful. -- Jack Rumple "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If by "columns across the page" you mean that you would like the TOC to be in double columns, then format the section as two columns before inserting the TOC; I think it will conform. If by chance it does not, you can change the right tab setting in each of the relevant TOC styles, though accessing the styles to modify them is often easier said than done. You get one chance to Modify... when you're initially setting up the TOC. After that, you can use the Styles and Formatting task pane if your TOC entries are not hyperlinked (except for the page number); if they are, the style displayed for "Formatting of selected text" is Hyperlink, which is no help. If that's the case, you have to select "Custom" for the "Show" setting. This opens the Format Settings dialog. Click Styles... at the bottom of it to open the Style dialog, select the relevant TOC style, then click Modify..., Format, Tabs, etc. -- 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. earlier posts clipped |
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