Adding Tabs in a TOC between the caption number and text

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Katy White - 29 Jul 2004 20:03 GMT

Hello,

I need to add a tab only in the TOC between the
Table/Figure caption and the remaining title. I don't
want to add tabs to each figure (there are almost 200 of
them). Is there a way to do this with a macro or setting
so I don't need to do them by hand?

Thanks!

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Robert M. Franz - 30 Jul 2004 10:16 GMT

Hi Katy

> I need to add a tab only in the TOC between the
> Table/Figure caption and the remaining title. I don't
> want to add tabs to each figure (there are almost 200 of
> them). Is there a way to do this with a macro or setting
> so I don't need to do them by hand?

If you consider a macro, then I suggest you use it (or a search/replace
run) to add them tabs to the caption itself, sounds a lot more
straigth-forward to me: If you add anything to your ToF directly, it
will be gone next time you update that field.

If you tell us exactly how your captions look like, I'm sure we can show
you what the search-field ought to be filled with to get you there in no
time.

2cents
.bob

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- 30 Jul 2004 20:07 GMT

Hi Bob,

In the document itself, the captions look like this

TABLE 1.2-A
title here

After the table/figure number, there is a soft return
(hard return removes the style from the title, which I
want carried into the TOC).

When I create the TOC, a space is placed between the table
number and text. What I would really like is a tab placed
there instead so that my hanging indent looks right (the
title out flush left, a white space, then all the title
text together to the right).

I don't want to put tabs in the Table Titles since they
are centered and a tab screws this up.

Does this help?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 30 Jul 2004 20:34 GMT

You can get this effect with a little effort: you'll need to add a tab
character to the end of the first line of each table caption and a tab stop
to the TOC style. Then toggle the TOC field code (Alt+F9), add the \w switch
to make the TOC preserve tab characters, Alt+F9 again, and F9 to update.
Alternatively, if you'd rather have each TOC entry on two lines, like the
caption itself, use the \x switch instead.

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> Hi Bob,
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> Does this help?

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