TOC style hanging indent issue

[cayce]

I have a weird intermittent issue with a TOC style in a document. I have two
different TOC 2 style entries in my Table of Contents that have long enough
wording that they need to wrap to the next line. In one TOC 2 level entry, my
heading wraps properly to the next line as the style has defined. In the
other, it doesn't wrap; rather, it forces the content on the line beyond the
riight margin.

I have tried using the organizer to overwrite the TOC 2 style. I also
created a new Heading 2 in my document that the TOC 2 style is tied to,
retyping the same wording. When I updated the TOC, it continues to push the
content into the margin space. I do not believe there isn't anything special
about the Heading 2 wording the TOC 2 style is picking up.

Any other ideas on what I might try to make this work? This is happening in
W97 and W2003.

 

[DeanH]

Seems that the right margin (Tab setting) on the TOC2 style is set too far to
the right and/or the Right Indent (Paragraph setting) is not set within the
parameters you want.. Modify this particular style to correct this marker's
position. Editing the Heading 2 style will not affect the style.
Hope this helps
DeanH

 

[cayce]

thanks for the idea but why would one TOC 2 entry be correct with margins,
hanging indent and the other TOC 2 entry not be correct when they are both
using the same style parameters?

 

[Stefan Blom]

Once you've set up the style correctly, select the whole TOC and press
Ctrl+Q (to clear any direct paragraph formatting from the entries). Finally,
update the TOC with F9. Does that fix things?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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