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Geoff - 08 Jun 2006 16:42 GMT

Is is possible to create a table of contents using text drawn from two
columns of a table?

Column 1 of my table contains a number. Column 2 contains some text.

I want my table of contents to display the number and the text on the same
line (perhaps separated by a tab), with the page number aligned to the right
margin; eg

1. My First Subject..................................2
2. My Second Subject.............................4

TIA
Geoff

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 08 Jun 2006 20:01 GMT

There is no doubt that, with a macro, you could create what appears to be a
table of contents with that information. You could not however do it using
the normal method of creating a table of contents that results in the
creation of a { TOC } field that can be updated.

To update a "table of contents" created by such a macro, it would be
necessary to re-run the macro (after first deleting and such "table of
contents" that was already in the document, but the deletion could also be
handled by the macro).

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

> Is is possible to create a table of contents using text drawn from two
> columns of a table?
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> TIA
> Geoff

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Geoff - 08 Jun 2006 20:44 GMT

Doug,
Many thanks.
I thought that probably was the case.
Geoff

> There is no doubt that, with a macro, you could create what appears to be
> a table of contents with that information. You could not however do it
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>> TIA
>> Geoff

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