Microsoft KB Archive/127744

= WD: Unwanted Extra Line(s) in Table of Contents =

Article ID: 127744

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a

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This article was previously published under Q127744



SYMPTOMS
The results of a TOC (table of contents) field contain one or more extra, unwanted lines.

This problem occurs only if the headings in the document are formatted to use either automatic numbering or heading numbering AND if any part of the heading is also marked for an index entry. This problem occurs in Word for Windows 95, Word for Windows NT, and Word for the Macintosh. It does NOT occur with 16-bit Word for Windows running under Windows NT 3.5 or under Windows for Workgroups or Windows 3.1.

For example, headings formatted like this   1. Heading 1{XE "Heading 1"} 1.1 Heading 2 1.1.1 Heading 3 generate a table of contents that looks like this:   1. Heading 1..............................1 1. .......................................1     1.1 Heading 2..........................1 1.1.1 Heading 3....................1 Notice that there is an extra line in the table of contents under the line that contains the index entry. The extra line contains the same heading numbering as the line that contains the index entry, as if Word is trying to also number the index entry in the table of contents.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, upgrade to the latest version of Microsoft Word.

To work around this problem, eliminate the extra lines in the table of contents. To do this, simply place the XE field at the beginning of the line of text rather than at the end. Do this for each XE field. For example:


 * 1) {XE "Heading 1"}Heading 1

When you update the table of contents by selecting it and pressing F9, the extra lines will be eliminated.

To automate the above process, create the following macro: Sub MAIN StartOfDocument ToolsOptionsView .FieldCodes = 1, .Hidden = 1 EditFind .Find = "^19 xe", .Direction = 0, .Wrap = 1 While EditFindFound EditCut StartOfLine EditPaste EditFind Wend End Sub



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Word listed above. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows and Word 98 Macintosh Edition.



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Additional query words: TOC format formatted wrong incorrect 32 bit extra number entry entries

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbfield KB127744

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