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Re: Word 2003: TOC in document is failing if the template is not in its original folder
Subject:Re: Word 2003: TOC in document is failing if the template is not in its original folder From:"Jonathan West" <jwest -at- mvps -dot- org> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Sun, 2 Mar 2008 14:55:51 +0000
On 02/03/2008, SB <sylvia -dot- braunstein -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Using Word 2003, if I don't have the template in the original folder from
> where the document was attached and if I update the TOC in the document, I
> get errors on almost every line (in the TOC).
Not enough information.
1. What errors do you get?
2. If you display field codes, what precisely is the field code of the
TOC field?
3. With the document open, go to Tools, Templates and add-ins. Is the
"Automatically update document styles" box checked?
>
> When putting the template back into the same (original) folder, everything
> works fine. Is this the way a template is supposed to work?
It works that way or not depending on the setting i described in
question 3 above
> I thought you could detach the template and everything should still be OK.
Normally yes. But it can be (for perfectly good reasons to do with
document consistency) set the opposite way.
Regards
Jonathan West
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