Microsoft KB Archive/23008

Table of Contents Entries Split After Compiling

PSS ID Number: Q23008 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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= SUMMARY =

After compiling a table of contents (TOC) in Microsoft Word versions 3.x or 4.00, some entries may be split, with the latter half of the entries indented under the first half. This is because a colon character was included in the TOC entry in the body text of the Word document.

A colon creates a subheading when compiling either a TOC or an index. To have a colon appear within TOC or index entries without producing a subhead, do one of the following:

  Insert a single quotation mark (’) formatted as hidden text at the beginning and end of entries that contain colon characters. For example: .c.’Auction Catalog: Item List’: 

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 Use a character that is not commonly used and does not have a special function in place of the colon within the entries in the text. After compiling the TOC or index, use the Change command to replace the substitute character(s) with colons.

= MORE INFORMATION =

For more information, see pages 355-360 in the “Reference to Microsoft Word” version 4.0 manual or pages 366-373 in the “Reference to Microsoft Word” version 3.0 manual.

For more specific information on these methods, query in this Knowledge Base on the following words:

table and contents and index and colon KBCategory: kbusage KBSubCategory: Additional reference words: macword macword5 ====================================================================== ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1997.