TOA - creation/editing

[Scott Turchin]

Sorry if this is asked a lot but I can't find it - in creating a TOC, what
actually determines what is in there - how selected? I generate the Table and
get the ENTIRE text of each paragraph, not just the title or heading.
Nothing seems to fix it. Help!

scott turchin
confused legal assistant

 

[Chuck Davis]

Check the style on the paragraph. Set to normal.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

To clarify, are you asking about a TOC (table of contents) or TOA (table of
authorities)?

 

[Scott Turchin]

Definitely. I work in a transactional law group (agreements, not briefs), so
we use Table of Contents about 85% of documents, but TOA 0%! This problem
would seem to be more basic and more common than a search would indicate, no?

How exactly does one determine what goes into the TOC? And how do I stop the
entire text from appearing in it? This is becoming a more common problem for
me, as I am asked to work on more Word docs in Word.

thanks for your time!
scott
:)

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In addition to Word's Help under "Create a table of contents," see these
articles:

How to create a table of contents in Microsoft Word
http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html

Customizing your table of contents with switches
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCSwitches.htm

Microsoft TOC Training Course for Word 2003 only
http://office.microsoft.com/trainin...ID=RC011356771033&CTT=6&Origin=RC011356771033