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Subject:RE: Text Boxes and TOC's in Word From:"Susan W. Gallagher" <SGallagher -at- akonix -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 16 Oct 2001 15:07:48 -0700
Use a table entry field. See Insert > Field > Index and Tables
and investigate the options (/l indicates heading level). When
you generate your table, click Options on the TOC tab. At the
bottom of the TOC Options dialog, there's a checkbox to use
table entry fields.
HTH!
-Sue Gallagher
sgallagher -at- akonix -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tara Bowman [mailto:tbowman -at- centergistic -dot- com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 2:40 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Text Boxes and TOC's in Word
>
>
> I am trying to create a table of contents for my Word 2000
> doc using the TOC
> wizard under the Insert menu. I have applied all the
> appropriate styles to
> my headings and for the most part am getting a decent TOC.
> The problem is
> that the chapter headings were typed into separate text boxes
> so they could
> be placed over a graphic and now the wizard isn't reading
> them when creating
> the TOC. Is there a way to get the wizard to read my chapter
> headings? (I've
> double checked and the correct styles are in place.)
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