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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / May 2004Edit Field-TOC
I am assisting a customer using Word XP on a Windows XP system. We have created a custom TOC for an appendix with the following styles assigned: TOC 1 = APPENDIX, TOC 2 = Heading 1, TOC 3 = Heading 2, TOC 4 = Heading 3. The table of contents brings in the requred data and looks fine. The customer goes to edit the field, chooses TOC and hits the button to edit it and it defaults back to TOC 1 = Heading 1 and so forth. I'm told this setting should be saved but it is not. Is this info saved in the normal.dot? How do I get this data to be retained in the edit TOC option? TIA George Hi George, This may vary between Word versions, but in the last couple of versions I've always had to "start over" as soon as the TOc dialog box re-opens. So no, I know of no way to save the settings. One possibility would be to set up a macro. Use the .Display method to allow the user to work in the dialog box as he normally would. The changes won't be executed, but you can pick up the things he's "allowed" to edit, then apply them to the TOC (by changing the field code appropriately). > I am assisting a customer using Word XP on a Windows XP > system. We have created a custom TOC for an appendix with [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > it is not. Is this info saved in the normal.dot? How do I > get this data to be retained in the edit TOC option? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) OK, I took your advice and tried this with Word 2000, the edit field option is not available on right click, but if you go to Insert > Index and Tables > Table of Contents it does remember the previous TOC settings when it is selected. I open the same document with Word XP and the default settings are set. My customer was recently upgraded from 2000, this is why he is used to the TOC retaining the settings. Thank you for your assistance... George >-----Original Message----- >Hi George, [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > >. Hi George, And THANK YOU for confirming that the default behavior did change at one point :-) (For the worse, IMO) > OK, I took your advice and tried this with Word 2000, the > edit field option is not available on right click, but if [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > retaining the settings. > Thank you for your assistance... Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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