Updating TOCs

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Scott A - 13 Nov 2003 16:38 GMT

I'm updating TOCs using a macro that selects the whole
document, and then executes the update fields command:

Selection.WholeStory
Selection.Fields.Update

It seems to work fine, but there may be something out
there that works better.

Any suggestions?

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Margaret Aldis - 13 Nov 2003 17:46 GMT

Hi Scott

Time to start reading the Word VBA Help and looking at the Word VBA
newsgroups, methinks <g>

Try

ActiveDocument.TablesOfContents(1).Update

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Scott A - 14 Nov 2003 14:51 GMT

Margaret -

I wondered why my searches never resulted in any good
matches!!! I didn't see a VBA newsgroup on the
communities.microsoft page, and assumed this was the only
place to post!!! If you have the location of the Word VBA
page, please pass it along!

As for Help (sigh), my IT department tells me they don't
have the VBA help files... I've been able to crack open
VBA help in Access, but haven't been ablt to use the same
tricks with Word.

I've even purchased two of the larger Word manuals (from
Que and O'Reilly), but the support for VBA is scant.

Anyhow, I do apprecate your help - even if you don't see
me posting to the Formatting page as often!

Thanks,

Scott

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 14 Nov 2003 15:24 GMT

There are two ways to approach the newsgroups through Microsoft Communities,
and one of them does not list all the available NGs, though you can access
microsoft.public.word.vba.general by clicking on the Programming link. If
you are limited to Web access, try
http://communities2.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx
(click on English, then United States, then Office, then Word).

If you can access NGs using an NNTP newsreader such as Outlook Express, you
will find reading NGs much simpler and more efficient. See
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/resources.htm#setupmsnews for more.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)

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Katrina - 14 Nov 2003 17:42 GMT

Just click on the TOC to highlight it, and press "F9" on
your keyboard...updates it automatically and easily!

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Katrina - 14 Nov 2003 18:05 GMT

For sure -- guess you're programming, not using! Scratch
my answer! :-)

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Bob - 16 Nov 2003 04:20 GMT

Call me old-fashioned, but what about right-clicking the table, and select
the update command?

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> I'm updating TOCs using a macro that selects the whole
> document, and then executes the update fields command:
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> Any suggestions?

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Jay - 17 Nov 2003 00:34 GMT

> I'm updating TOCs using a macro that selects the whole
> document, and then executes the update fields command:
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
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> Any suggestions?

What I do routinely is
Type Ctrl-A
Press the F9 key
No macro needed. Just two key-ins. Whether this "works better" is a matter
of taste.

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