Microsoft KB Archive/211871

= WD2000: TOC Styles Do Not Have Tab Stop When You Apply Styles Manually =

Article ID: 211871

Article Last Modified on 5/1/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q211871





SYMPTOMS
When one of the built-in TOC (Table of Contents) styles, TOC 1 through TOC 9, is applied manually to a paragraph, the paragraph will not contain the formatting for the 6-inch flush-right tab with a dotted leader, as it does when the style is automatically applied by the Table of Contents feature.



CAUSE
This is a change in behavior from versions of Word earlier than Word 97. Versions of Word earlier than Word 97 apply a 6-inch flush-right tab to the paragraph to which the TOC style is applied.



WORKAROUND
If you need a style that mimics a built-in TOC style and also has a right-aligned tab, you can create a custom style based on the TOC style by following these steps:
 * 1) On the Format menu, click Style.
 * 2) In the List box, click All styles.
 * 3) Click the built-in TOC style that you want to mimic (for example, TOC 2), and then click New.
 * 4) Type a name for the new style. For example, type My TOC 2.
 * 5) Click Format, and then click Tabs.
 * 6) Type the value that you want in the Tab stop position box (for example, type 6.0 ).
 * 7) Under Alignment, click to select the alignment option that you want (for example, Right).
 * 8) Under Leader, click to select the leader option that you want (for example,2).
 * 9) Click OK twice to close the dialog boxes.

Use this new style to simulate a TOC style in the body of the document.

NOTE: When you create the new style, you can customize other formatting attributes if needed.



MORE INFORMATION
When you click Style on the Format menu and you select one of the built-in TOC styles, the definition will be "Normal + ... Automatically update." A right-aligned tab stop will not be listed as part of the style definition because it is dynamically added to the table of contents entries as direct formatting when the table of contents is created.

Other styles in Word 2000 that behave in a similar way to the TOC styles are:
 * Index 1-Index 9
 * Table of Figures
 * Table of Authorities

