atw: Re: Word 2000--Creating Section TOCs
- From: Michael Edward Granat <megranat@xxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 15:01:59 +1100
Well Nigel (D)
The way that I used to do this, back in the late 1990s with Word 7 for
Office 95, was quite the other way around.
I used chapter numbering in and for each included / referenced doc (each
of which was a separate document / file / chapter in its own right with its
own TOC field). I then grabbed / encapsulated its TOC field with a
bookmark and called it from within the doc in which it displayed.
So, I'd create what appeared to be a master TOC (called something like
"Overall Content", the chapter doc TOCs were called Chapter or Section
Content as I recall) at the front of the shell pseudo "master" document:
a Word file made up of sections with file include fields and a master TOC
area with references (REF fields) calling the individual chapter TOC
bookmarks of the included files, one included doc to a section, if you get
my drift.
Worked an absolute treat.
So build the TOCs in your little chapter docs and call them by way of
bookmarks in the front of your shell / pseudo master document.
Should still be a valid way to achieve the result for which you appear to be
looking, provided you use chapter numbering.
Just take care to update the file relative to the output device (printer) or
method (Acrobat?) that you are about to use and verify the numbering
before you proceed. File > Print Preview > Ctrl+A > F9 to update all
fields in a file without them getting out of synch with the TOC(s).
You might have to do a bit of section break searching and restart numbering
trickery (or macro recording / tweaking & updating) to get it all to hang
together before output but, in Word 7 (the last Word BASIC version of
Word) it used to work fine for me.
I cannot see any reason why you could not achieve the same, with the far
greater macro and other powers available in more recent Word versions.
HTH.
Cheers,
Michael Granat
Write Ideas
At 14:31 14/12/2004, you wrote:
>Dear Austechies
>I'm wondering if it's possible to create a separate TOC
>at the beginning of each section that lists only the
>headings within that section?
>The only work-around I can think of is using hyperlinks
>and/or x-refs.
>
>Any pointers would great.
>
>Friendly Regards
>Nigel
Michael E. Granat
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