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Subject:Re: AT wits end with Word From:Peter Kleczka <pkleczka -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 3 Apr 2001 17:08:07 -0700 (PDT)
Must your document be in one Word document?
If so, maybe you can generate the TOC in a
seperate file and then paste the results
over the existing toc in your document (and
of course, stay away from F9 <g>).
HTH
Pete (pkleczka -at- yahoo -dot- com)
--- Jo Francis Byrd <jbyrd -at- byrdwrites -dot- com> wrote:
> I have a document with multiple chapters. I insert
> an odd section break
> between each chapter so each will start on an odd
> page. Do a Save, a
> Ctrl+A to select the entire document, an F9 to
> update all the fields and
> the TOC. Check the TOC, and my odd section breaks
> have changed - it's
> magic!!! - into next page section breaks - meaning,
> if the preceding
> page is an odd page, the chapter now starts on an
> even page. I have
> deleted these (expletive deleted) next page section
> breaks and inserted
> odd page section breaks I don't dare count how many
> times (I AM trying
> to retain a shred of sanity, here).
>
> Any clue as to why Word is ignoring my wishes (well,
> besides that we ARE
> talking Word here), and what I can do to make the
> blasted program honor
> what I tell it to do?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jo Byrd
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