Chapter numbering with manual line break

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

Scott Meyers - 16 Jun 2006 06:42 GMT

I'd like to have Word number my chapters with the chapter number in small caps
on its own line followed by the text of the chapter title. Like this:

CHAPTER ONE
This is the Chapter Title

I can get Word to generate the chapter number the way I'd like (except for the
small caps, which is greyed out for some reason on the font options for the
chapter autonumber, but that's okay, I can just knock the point size down to
where I want it), but I can't figure out how to tell Word to put a line break
after the chapter number. Typing Shift-Enter actually puts a manual line break
in the autonumber box, but the resulting chapter still appears like this:

CHAPTER ONE This is the Chapter Title

Anybody know how to tell Word what I'd like it to do? I'm using Word 2002.

Thanks,

Scott

Reply to this Message

Stefan Blom - 16 Jun 2006 12:46 GMT

Don't try to insert the line break via the numbering format. Instead,
you can insert it manually before typing the text of the heading. In
the table of contents, the line break will be ignored, unless you add
the \x switch to the TOC field code (see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/TOCSwitches.htm).

Alternatively, you can use two styles: one for the numbering and one
for the heading text. You can use the Heading 1 style for the numbered
part. Set the "Style for following paragraph" to your "heading text"
style.

Using two styles is convenient if you want to exclude the word
"CHAPTER" from your TOC entries. As you create the table of contents,
omit the Heading 1 style and include the "heading text" style. Add the
desired numbering format to the TOC 1 style.

Signature

Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

> I'd like to have Word number my chapters with the chapter number in small caps
> on its own line followed by the text of the chapter title. Like this:
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
>
> Scott

Reply to this Message

Suzanne S. Barnhill - 16 Jun 2006 16:39 GMT

To add to what Stefan has said, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/TOCTips.htm for examples of exactly this
sort of thing wrt the TOC.

Signature

Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

> I'd like to have Word number my chapters with the chapter number in small caps
> on its own line followed by the text of the chapter title. Like this:
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
>
> Scott

Reply to this Message