Word - custom TOC will not update automatically

Asked By leachacre

05-Feb-10 12:19 PM

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

I took one of the generated TOC's and changed the styles of the fonts, etc....Everything fell into place, the headers and sub-headers all show up fine but when I make a change to a heading on a page the table of contents does not update and when I go into "index and tables" and check things they have been reset to the default using the default Heading 1, 2 and 3 in the levels, even after I have modified this... and when it asks if I want to update TOC  and say yes...The whole TOC defaults back to a preset style? how can I keep my new TOC and have it update automatically  or even easily?

05-Feb-10 04:24 PM

Tables of Content do not update automatically [nor would you want them to,
trust me ;-)]. However, do not go back through the dialog. Every time you do
you are generating a *new* TOC, not updating but replacing the one you have.

To update a TOC, Index, Table of Figures, etc. Control/Right-Click in the
field & select the Update Field command from the contextual menu. You could
also click in the field & press the F9 function key if you steal the stroke
away from OS X or assign your own stroke to the "UpdateFields" command.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 2/5/10 12:19 PM, in article 59bb2516.-1@webcrossing.JaKIaxP2ac0,

05-Feb-10 05:47 PM

When you insert a Table of Contents, you MUST set the Format to "From
Template".

If you set it to anything else, your TOC styles are replaced every time the
TOC rebuilds.  That's how the other formats happen, by replacing the TOC
styles.

You should never "edit" a TOC, because the whole thing is generated text
which will be deleted and replaced each time the TOC rebuilds.

Set your Format to "From Template" and then make the changes you need by
changing the TOC styles.

Hope this helps


On 6/02/10 4:19 AM, in article 59bb2516.-1@webcrossing.JaKIaxP2ac0,


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