Anyone know about TOC formatting?

Anyone know about TOC formatting?

I want to fit a table of contents into the column of a table

The TOC has:

Heading........................................................................................................................................................................................Page 
no

I would like to reduce the leading dots to fit the column but still incl 
page numbers:

Heading........................................................................................................Page 
no


I find I can reduce the width after inserting the TOC by format>tabs

but each time i refresh the TOC it resizes the leader

Any ideas????

Just thought - if i define a style with reduced tab widths and use this 
style in the TOC??

who knows?

date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:26:11 +0100 author: JethroUK© d

Re: Anyone know about TOC formatting?

i found you can define the tab stops for the table of contents  - but it 
seems to remove the leading .................'s - anyway to reinstate those?


"JethroUK©" <reply@the.board> wrote in message 
news:evgb2#lxIHA.1980@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> I want to fit a table of contents into the column of a table
>
> The TOC has:
>
> Heading........................................................................................................................................................................................Page 
> no
>
> I would like to reduce the leading dots to fit the column but still incl 
> page numbers:
>
> Heading........................................................................................................Page 
> no
>
>
> I find I can reduce the width after inserting the TOC by format>tabs
>
> but each time i refresh the TOC it resizes the leader
>
> Any ideas????
>
> Just thought - if i define a style with reduced tab widths and use this 
> style in the TOC??
>
> who knows?
>
>

date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:45:54 +0100 author: JethroUK© d

Re: Anyone know about TOC formatting?

Each level of the TOC is an individual style named TOC1, TOC2, etc.
Define each of them as you wish.

On Jun 4, 12:26 pm, JethroUK© <re...@the.board> wrote:
> I want to fit a table of contents into the column of a table
>
> The TOC has:
>
> Heading............................................................................................................Page
> no
>
> I would like to reduce the leading dots to fit the column but still incl
> page numbers:
>
> Heading........................................................................................................Page
> no
>
> I find I can reduce the width after inserting the TOC by format>tabs
>
> but each time i refresh the TOC it resizes the leader
>
> Any ideas????
>
> Just thought - if i define a style with reduced tab widths and use this
> style in the TOC??
>
> who knows?

date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 09:44:59 -0700 (PDT) author: Reitanos

Re: Anyone know about TOC formatting?

Seek and thou shalt find - It is possible to redefine the tab stops of a 
TOC - and the leading dots ........... are part of the Tab definition

sorted


"JethroUK©" <reply@the.board> wrote in message 
news:OMkt3JmxIHA.4864@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> i found you can define the tab stops for the table of contents  - but it 
> seems to remove the leading .................'s - anyway to reinstate 
> those?
>
>
> "JethroUK©" <reply@the.board> wrote in message 
> news:evgb2#lxIHA.1980@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> I want to fit a table of contents into the column of a table
>>
>> The TOC has:
>>
>> Heading........................................................................................................................................................................................Page 
>> no
>>
>> I would like to reduce the leading dots to fit the column but still incl 
>> page numbers:
>>
>> Heading........................................................................................................Page 
>> no
>>
>>
>> I find I can reduce the width after inserting the TOC by format>tabs
>>
>> but each time i refresh the TOC it resizes the leader
>>
>> Any ideas????
>>
>> Just thought - if i define a style with reduced tab widths and use this 
>> style in the TOC??
>>
>> who knows?
>>
>>

date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:49:02 +0100 author: JethroUK© d

Re: Anyone know about TOC formatting?

In article <evgb2#lxIHA.1980@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, reply@the.board 
says...
> I want to fit a table of contents into the column of a table
> 
> The TOC has:
> 
> Heading........................................................................................................................................................................................Page 
> no
> 
> I would like to reduce the leading dots to fit the column but still incl 
> page numbers:
> 
> Heading........................................................................................................Page 
> no
> 
> 
> I find I can reduce the width after inserting the TOC by format>tabs
> 
> but each time i refresh the TOC it resizes the leader
> 
> Any ideas????
> 
> Just thought - if i define a style with reduced tab widths and use this 
> style in the TOC??
> 
> who knows?
>  
> 
> 

You soul not format the TOC after it is generated because the formatting 
you apply will be lost when the TOC is regenerated, Rather, modify the 
TOC styles (TOC1, TOC2, etc.) to get what you want.

-- 
Peter Aitken
Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers
www.tech-word.com

date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:20:42 -0400 author: Peter A

Re: Anyone know about TOC formatting?

However, since all TOC styles are by default set to update automatically, 
changes made to TOC entries should be propagated to the styles.

-- 
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Peter A"  wrote in message 
news:MPG.22b0ca402b724e249897e5@msnews.microsoft.com...
> In article <evgb2#lxIHA.1980@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, reply@the.board
> says...
>> I want to fit a table of contents into the column of a table
>>
>> The TOC has:
>>
>> Heading........................................................................................................................................................................................Page
>> no
>>
>> I would like to reduce the leading dots to fit the column but still incl
>> page numbers:
>>
>> Heading........................................................................................................Page
>> no
>>
>>
>> I find I can reduce the width after inserting the TOC by format>tabs
>>
>> but each time i refresh the TOC it resizes the leader
>>
>> Any ideas????
>>
>> Just thought - if i define a style with reduced tab widths and use this
>> style in the TOC??
>>
>> who knows?
>>
>>
>>
>
> You soul not format the TOC after it is generated because the formatting
> you apply will be lost when the TOC is regenerated, Rather, modify the
> TOC styles (TOC1, TOC2, etc.) to get what you want.
>
> -- 
> Peter Aitken
> Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers
> www.tech-word.com
>

date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:52:38 -0500 author: Suzanne S. Barnhill