Microsoft KB Archive/66904

Table of Contents Using Sequence Fields in Word for Windows

PSS ID Number: Q66904 Article last modified on 04-14-1993

1.00 1.10 1.10a WINDOWS

Summary: When you create a table of contents with sequenced fields according to the directions on page 111 of the “Microsoft Word for Windows User’s Reference,” the sequence number is always one too low. The “Microsoft Word for Windows User’s Reference” specifies to start each chapter as follows: Chapter {seq chapter} Word generates a correct table of contents if each chapter is started as follows: {seq chapter \h} Chapter {seq chapter \c} Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word for Windows versions 1.0, 1.1, and 1.1a. This problem was corrected in Word for Windows version 2.0.

More Information: Using “Chapter {seq chapter}” at the beginning of each chapter and using {toc chapter} to generate a table of contents yields an incorrect table as shown below: Chapter 1. . . . . . . . . . 0-1 Chapter 2. . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Chapter 3. . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Chapter 4. . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Using “{seq chapter \h} Chapter {seq chapter \c}” at the beginning of each chapter creates a correct table of contents as shown below: Chapter 1. . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Chapter 2. . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Chapter 3. . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Chapter 4. . . . . . . . . . 4-1 Note: Page and sequence numbers in the table of contents may also be incorrect or missing if a heading immediately follows a hard page break. To correct this, add a carriage return between the hard page break and the heading. For more information on the SEQ field, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: headings and not and appearing and table and contents

Reference(s): “Microsoft Word for Windows User’s Reference,” version 1.x, pages 106-107 “Microsoft Word for Windows User’s Guide,” version 2.0, page 561-562.

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