Knowledge Base

WD97: TOC Field Not Updated Properly from Recorded Macro

Article ID: 122555

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q122555

SYMPTOMS

If you use a macro to update a TOC (table of contents) field, Microsoft Word may not prompt you to choose either Update Page Numbers Only or to Update Entire Table. Word only updates the page numbers.

CAUSE

By design, Word defaults to Update Page Numbers Only.

WORKAROUND

Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language being demonstrated and the tools used to create and debug procedures. Microsoft support professionals can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific needs. If you have limited programming experience, you may want to contact a Microsoft Certified Partner or the Microsoft fee-based consulting line at (800) 936-5200. For more information about Microsoft Certified Partners, please visit the following Microsoft Web site:

https://partner.microsoft.com/global/30000104

For more information about the support options that are available and about how to contact Microsoft, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macros demonstrate how to update a table of contents:

   Sub UpdateTOC()
      ' Update the entire first table of contents
      ' in the active document.
      ActiveDocument.TablesOfContents(1).Update
   End Sub

To update only the page numbers of a table of contents, use this macro:

   Sub UpdateTOC()
      ' Update only the page numbers of the first
      ' table of contents in the active document.
      ActiveDocument.TablesOfContents(1).UpdatePageNumbers
   End Sub

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: macro toc table page numbers entire

Keywords: kbdtacode kbfield kbmacro kbmacroexample kbnofix kbprb kbprogramming KB122555