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MS Office Forum / Word / Page Layout / February 2004Table of Contents: spacing before page numbers
Hi, I have a question about table of contents formatting. (Yes, I have read http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCSwitches.htm.) I would like to format it with three spaces (or a roughly equivalent amount of space in another manner) between the chapter name and the page number. In other words: My table of contents currently reads: 1 INTRODUCTION 1 I would like it to read: 1 INTRODUCTION 1 I do not want to use a tab, because a tab aligns the number to a specific location. Rather, I am trying to specify a uniform amount of space between the chapter name and page number. Thanks! +scott Hi Scott, Select the table of contents and press Ctrl+Shift+F9 to unlink it. Then do a wildcard replace with (^t)([0-9]{1,})(^13) in the find what control and \2\3 in the Replace with control (that's three spaces + \2\3) Don't save the document after doing this, or at least save it with another name as the first step in this procedure unlinks the table of contents from the headings up which it is based, so that it will no longer update.  SignaturePlease post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps Doug Robbins - Word MVP > Hi, > I have a question about table of contents formatting. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > name and page number. Thanks! > +scott Just don't believe Word's Help, which implies that you can in fact define this using the \p switch. While I haven't tested this in Word 2003, I can attest that it does not work in any version up through Word 2002. The Help text says: \p "Separators" Specifies the characters that separate an entry and its page number. For example, the field { TOC \p "--" }, with an em dash, displays a result such as "Selecting Text--53." The default is a tab with leader dots. You can use up to five characters, which must be enclosed in quotation marks. No matter how many characters you include, you get just one. If, however, you could get the field to use an em space, this might accomplish what you want (it's roughly equivalent to three regular spaces). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) SignatureWords into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Hi, > I have a question about table of contents formatting. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > name and page number. Thanks! > +scott Thanks Suzanne! Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to get Word to insert an em space. How can I do this? +scott >-----Original Message----- >Just don't believe Word's Help, which implies that you can in fact define [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > >. I know there is a keyboard shortcut for it, but I don't know what the built-in one is because I've modified mine to Alt+Ctrl+M. Check the Special Characters tab of Insert | Symbol. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) SignatureWords into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Thanks Suzanne! > Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to get Word to [quoted text clipped - 63 lines] > > > >. Thanks Suzanne! I modified the field code so that the character after \p is an em space. However, when Word formats the table, it places a '#' character where the em space should be. Same problem with an en space. Both of these characters appear properly when directly inserted into the document. Any other thoughts? >-----Original Message----- >I know there is a keyboard shortcut for it, but I don't know what the [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] >> >> I have a question about table of contents formatting. >> >> (Yes, I have read http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCSwitches.htm.) >> >> I would like to format it with three spaces (or a >> roughly [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >. Yeah, I was afraid of that. Em space and en spaces are philosophical concepts that Word doesn't totally support. <g> I guess I'm out of ideas then. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) SignatureWords into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Thanks Suzanne! > I modified the field code so that the character after [quoted text clipped - 103 lines] > > > >. |
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