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On the horizontal ruler, grab the right margin marker and drag it to the same width as the level 1 entry's right margin. If the tab stop doesn't move together with the marker, drag that to the correct position too. The TOC 2 (and the other TOC styles) automatically updates, so all of the other level 2 entries should align immediately. I can't ...
Here are references on generating an Automatic Table of Contents in Word: How to create a table of contents in Microsoft Word by Shauna Kelly. Generating a Table of Contents. Insert a table of contents - Office Support. TOC Tips and Tricks by Suzanne Barnhill, MVP. TOC Switches by Suzanne Barnhill, MVP
The formatting of the entries in the table of contents is determined by the values in the styles named TOC 1 through TOC 9. When you use the "update whole table" choice in the Update Table dialog box, Word reapplies those styles to the entries, ignoring any non-style changes you made. The way to keep the changes during updates is to change the ...
As Charles wrote, most likely what you are seeing has been caused by the presence of direct bold formatting in the headings in your document. Font formatting applied as direct formatting to heading text will be repeated in the table of contents. Stefan Blom. MS 365 Word MVP since 2005. Volunteer Moderator.
An even simpler approach is to use Ctrl-F9 and type TOC between the field braces, then press F9 to update. As for the entry layouts, those are controlled by the TOC 1 through TOC 9 Styles. Yes, you can use the Table of Contents dialogue, but that far from being the only way. The formatting is managed via the TOC Styles.
What you can do is customize the built-in TOC 1, TOC 2 etc. styles which Word applies to table of contents entries. Note that you mustn't apply direct formatting to your headings, because such formatting will reflect in the TOC. Instead, customize the heading styles if you don't like the predefined formats. Use the Modify Style dialog box when ...
a. select the paragraph. b. click the Clear all formatting button. c. click the Heading 1 style button. You should see that the formatting choices you made in the Modify Style dialog are applied to each of your heading paragraphs. Finally, click in the existing ToC and click the Update Table option.
Go to File > Options > Proofing > AutoCorrect Options. Click the AutoFormat As You Type tab of the dialog. (Not the AutoFormat tab!) Clear the check box for "Built-in Heading styles". While you're there, it will also save a lot of angst to clear all the other check boxes in the "Apply as you type" section, as well as the "Define styles based on ...
As you can see, the spacing and indentation in my level one and two headings are perfect, however, the level three 1.1.1 does not have a) a space between the numbers 1.1.1 and the heading and b) it does not tab in underneath the level two heading. For example, I prefer it to look like the following: 1. Chapter One.
Replied on March 29, 2015. Report abuse. On the References tab of the ribbon, click on the Table of Contents dropdown in the Table of Contents section of the ribbon and then click on Insert Table of Contents, Then in the Table of Contents dialog, click on Modify and then in the Style dialog, in turn, select each of the TOC # Styles that are ...