multi line TOC entry

[OBH]

I have LONG figure names in my document, and when there's a multi-line TOC
entry generated, it looks "messy" because the text seems to "crowd" the
right-aligned page number. Is there a way to right-indent the lines of the
TOC entry preceding the final one that contains the page number?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Yes. Set a right indent in the TOC style, leaving the right-aligned tab for
the page numbers at the margin. The easiest way to do this, given that the
TOC styles are set to update automatically, is to drag the right margin
marker, but it's virtually impossible to do this without moving the tab
first. Still, you can move the tab and then move it back. Or you can change
it directly using Format | Paragraph.

If you need to access the TOC style directly, recent versions of Word make
this more difficult, but you can still see and select TOC 1, TOC 2, etc., in
the Styles dropdown if you press Shift before clicking the down arrow.