Robert, The dark "L"s are Tab stops. They are normal, I think. This is how the TOC lines up the items of text. They also control the dotted lines ('leaders'). Have a look at Format, Tabs and you will see them listed in order of their position on the ruler (in inches or centimetres, depending on your settings). Select the entire TOC and move one of these little L's left or right along the ruler and you will see how they control the position of the elements of your TOC. At the left of the ruler you will see another of these dark L's on its own. You can click on this to cycle through the type of tab - Left, Right, Centre, Decimal &c. You can then click on the ruler somewhere to insert a new tab. Be ready to Undo, however, since your TOC will probably seriously distort! To add [NAME] to your list and have them line up would require a new, right-aligned tab stop for all the lines before the page number and a single tab character before the [NAME] item. Andrew > -----Original Message----- > From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Carneal > Sent: 16 July 2004 23:39 > To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [mso] Re: Table of Contents WIDTH: Controllable? > [Word XP] :VSMail mx4 > > James- > > I must be nuts. When I do what you say, mine sticks for the > rest of the session. When I save, close, and open later, it > reverts back to the earlier settings. I have noticed > something I had not noticed before; that is some characters > that look at dark "L"s (and reverse "L"s) on the margin bar. > I count 11 of them. Are they normal or the result of my > futile attempts to format the table of contents? > > Thank you. > > Robert > > -----Original Message----- > From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James LaBorde > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 3:40 PM > To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: [mso] Re: Table of Contents WIDTH: Controllable? > [Word XP] :VSMail mx4 > > Robert, > > What I did was highlight my entire TOC and click File, Page Setup. > Adjust > your margins here and select Apply to: Selected Text. It > seems to stay just fine for me. > > James > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Carneal [mailto:carnealre@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 11:42 AM > To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [mso] Table of Contents WIDTH: Controllable? [Word > XP] :VSMail > mx4 > > > In my table of contents, currently -about- 5 1/2 inches wide, > sometimes has a title that pushes the page number down to the > next line. > > I seem to have two choices: > 1. Manually reset the table of contents font to size 9, or, > 2. Manually "pull" the right side rightwards by 1 1/4 inches. > > I prefer the second option. Whenever I do a "Update Field" >> > "Update Table" it goes back to the original setting. Is it > possible to tell Word I want the right-side edge moved > rightwards by 1 1/4 inches and it sticks to that? > > Thank you. > > Robert > > ************************************************************* > You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to > mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the > quotes) > in the subject line. > > Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. > This will also allow you to change your email settings to > digest or vacation (no mail). > //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso > > To be able to use the files section for sharing files with > the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and > you will be sent an invitation with instructions. 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