Table of Contents - Options

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rb

I can not figure out how to keep the "options" I set in Table of Contents.
Every time we come back to that screen we have to clear the current
selections (headings 1,2,3), and pick our styles again. Anyway to make them
stick?
 
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garfield-n-odie [MVP]

I don't believe it's possible to change the TOC menu defaults,
but once you create a TOC that's just the way you want it, you
can select the TOC field and save it as an AutoText entry that
you can insert into other documents.
 
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rb

OK, so it sounds like setting options and saving them is impossible.
I like the idea of autotext -- but that just deals with the TOC format NOT
the options box. I'm thinking, what if we record a macro that will keep
resetting the options for us? (It is the same keystrokes everytime to remove
the 1,2,3 and scroll down to the bottom where are TOC styles are and select
them as 1,2,3.)
Thanks for your response!
--
Rosemary Barrett
Consultant/Trainer
University of New Mexico
505-277-0390
 
R

rb

OK, I can see to TOC field, and I saved it as an Auto Text entry.
{TOC \h \z \t "TOC1,1,TOC2,2,TOC3,3"}
How do I use it?
(If I put it in a doc that does not have a TOC yet, pick the auto text
entry, then I get an "Error: No table of Contents found.")

THANKs for all your help,
--
Rosemary Barrett
Consultant/Trainer
University of New Mexico
505-277-0390
 
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garfield-n-odie [MVP]

Your TOC field builds a table of contents from paragraphs
formatted with styles other than the built-in heading styles.
The error message suggests that the document you're putting the
field into does not contain any paragraphs formatted with the
TOC1, TOC2, or TOC3 styles.
 
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