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ToC Tab Leader
Hello,
I have a ToC that works fine with a "..." tab leader unless the text contains 5 characters or less. When this situation occurs the tab leader does not appear. Any suggestions on how to correct this? i.e. abcde 16 versus abcdef............................................ ......16 Thank-you |
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rekoop
A TOC built from styles that automatically number paragraphs will normally have two tab sets on each line: the right-aligned leader tab for page numbers, and a left aligned tab to indent text from the paragraph numbers. Word tends to arbitrarily set this second tab in what it thinks is the correct location, regardless of how the TOC styles are defined. Here are two things you can try: 1) Check the style definition for the TOC style that corresponds to the level in your TOC where you observe the problem. If there is a left-aligned tab set, remove it from the style definition. Update your TOC field. 2) If there is no left-aligned tab set in the style definition, or if removing it and updating the field does not fix the problem, Alt + F9 to toggle display of field codes. Add a "\w" switch before the closing brace of the TOC field, making sure to separate the switch from preceding field code text with a space. Alt + F9 to toggle to display of field results. Update the TOC field. Does that fix it? Regards, Chad "rekoop" wrote in message ... Hello, I have a ToC that works fine with a "..." tab leader unless the text contains 5 characters or less. When this situation occurs the tab leader does not appear. Any suggestions on how to correct this? i.e. abcde 16 versus abcdef............................................ ......16 Thank-you |
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rekoop
A TOC built from styles that automatically number paragraphs will normally have two tab sets on each line: the right-aligned leader tab for page numbers, and a left aligned tab to indent text from the paragraph numbers. Word tends to arbitrarily set this second tab in what it thinks is the correct location, regardless of how the TOC styles are defined. Here are two things you can try: 1) Check the style definition for the TOC style that corresponds to the level in your TOC where you observe the problem. If there is a left-aligned tab set, remove it from the style definition. Update your TOC field. 2) If there is no left-aligned tab set in the style definition, or if removing it and updating the field does not fix the problem, Alt + F9 to toggle display of field codes. Add a "\w" switch before the closing brace of the TOC field, making sure to separate the switch from preceding field code text with a space. Alt + F9 to toggle to display of field results. Update the TOC field. Does that fix it? Regards, Chad "rekoop" wrote in message ... Hello, I have a ToC that works fine with a "..." tab leader unless the text contains 5 characters or less. When this situation occurs the tab leader does not appear. Any suggestions on how to correct this? i.e. abcde 16 versus abcdef............................................ ......16 Thank-you |
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rekoop
A TOC built from styles that automatically number paragraphs will normally have two tab sets on each line: the right-aligned leader tab for page numbers, and a left aligned tab to indent text from the paragraph numbers. Word tends to arbitrarily set this second tab in what it thinks is the correct location, regardless of how the TOC styles are defined. Here are two things you can try: 1) Check the style definition for the TOC style that corresponds to the level in your TOC where you observe the problem. If there is a left-aligned tab set, remove it from the style definition. Update your TOC field. 2) If there is no left-aligned tab set in the style definition, or if removing it and updating the field does not fix the problem, Alt + F9 to toggle display of field codes. Add a "\w" switch before the closing brace of the TOC field, making sure to separate the switch from preceding field code text with a space. Alt + F9 to toggle to display of field results. Update the TOC field. Does that fix it? Regards, Chad "rekoop" wrote in message ... Hello, I have a ToC that works fine with a "..." tab leader unless the text contains 5 characters or less. When this situation occurs the tab leader does not appear. Any suggestions on how to correct this? i.e. abcde 16 versus abcdef............................................ ......16 Thank-you |
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Hi koopy
rekoop wrote: I have a ToC that works fine with a "..." tab leader unless the text contains 5 characters or less. When this situation occurs the tab leader does not appear. Any suggestions on how to correct this? i.e. abcde 16 versus abcdef............................................ ......16 The problem is most likely that you have a tabstop setting in this paragraph, either through its style or direct formatting, somewhere between character 5 and 6. Apply Ctrl-Q to this paragraph, if that fixes it, you've probably become the victime of a Jason tab, see: Whenever I update my Table of Contents it acquires unwanted tabs, and I have to press Ctrl+Q to get rid of them (by Dave Rado) http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCJasonTabs.htm HTH ..bob -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Hi koopy
rekoop wrote: I have a ToC that works fine with a "..." tab leader unless the text contains 5 characters or less. When this situation occurs the tab leader does not appear. Any suggestions on how to correct this? i.e. abcde 16 versus abcdef............................................ ......16 The problem is most likely that you have a tabstop setting in this paragraph, either through its style or direct formatting, somewhere between character 5 and 6. Apply Ctrl-Q to this paragraph, if that fixes it, you've probably become the victime of a Jason tab, see: Whenever I update my Table of Contents it acquires unwanted tabs, and I have to press Ctrl+Q to get rid of them (by Dave Rado) http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCJasonTabs.htm HTH ..bob -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Hi koopy
rekoop wrote: I have a ToC that works fine with a "..." tab leader unless the text contains 5 characters or less. When this situation occurs the tab leader does not appear. Any suggestions on how to correct this? i.e. abcde 16 versus abcdef............................................ ......16 The problem is most likely that you have a tabstop setting in this paragraph, either through its style or direct formatting, somewhere between character 5 and 6. Apply Ctrl-Q to this paragraph, if that fixes it, you've probably become the victime of a Jason tab, see: Whenever I update my Table of Contents it acquires unwanted tabs, and I have to press Ctrl+Q to get rid of them (by Dave Rado) http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCJasonTabs.htm HTH ..bob -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Bob,
Out of curiosity I followed the link. I wanted to share that using the "\w" switch in my TOC fields has been an effective deterrent of "Jason tabs". The "\w" switch if referenced in help for the TOC field code as: \w Preserves tab entries within table entries Cryptic as this is, I found through experimentation that it suppresses the Jason tab behavior. Regards, Chad "Robert M. Franz" wrote in message ... Hi koopy rekoop wrote: I have a ToC that works fine with a "..." tab leader unless the text contains 5 characters or less. When this situation occurs the tab leader does not appear. Any suggestions on how to correct this? i.e. abcde 16 versus abcdef............................................ ......16 The problem is most likely that you have a tabstop setting in this paragraph, either through its style or direct formatting, somewhere between character 5 and 6. Apply Ctrl-Q to this paragraph, if that fixes it, you've probably become the victime of a Jason tab, see: Whenever I update my Table of Contents it acquires unwanted tabs, and I have to press Ctrl+Q to get rid of them (by Dave Rado) http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCJasonTabs.htm HTH .bob -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Bob,
Out of curiosity I followed the link. I wanted to share that using the "\w" switch in my TOC fields has been an effective deterrent of "Jason tabs". The "\w" switch if referenced in help for the TOC field code as: \w Preserves tab entries within table entries Cryptic as this is, I found through experimentation that it suppresses the Jason tab behavior. Regards, Chad "Robert M. Franz" wrote in message ... Hi koopy rekoop wrote: I have a ToC that works fine with a "..." tab leader unless the text contains 5 characters or less. When this situation occurs the tab leader does not appear. Any suggestions on how to correct this? i.e. abcde 16 versus abcdef............................................ ......16 The problem is most likely that you have a tabstop setting in this paragraph, either through its style or direct formatting, somewhere between character 5 and 6. Apply Ctrl-Q to this paragraph, if that fixes it, you've probably become the victime of a Jason tab, see: Whenever I update my Table of Contents it acquires unwanted tabs, and I have to press Ctrl+Q to get rid of them (by Dave Rado) http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCJasonTabs.htm HTH .bob -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Bob,
Out of curiosity I followed the link. I wanted to share that using the "\w" switch in my TOC fields has been an effective deterrent of "Jason tabs". The "\w" switch if referenced in help for the TOC field code as: \w Preserves tab entries within table entries Cryptic as this is, I found through experimentation that it suppresses the Jason tab behavior. Regards, Chad "Robert M. Franz" wrote in message ... Hi koopy rekoop wrote: I have a ToC that works fine with a "..." tab leader unless the text contains 5 characters or less. When this situation occurs the tab leader does not appear. Any suggestions on how to correct this? i.e. abcde 16 versus abcdef............................................ ......16 The problem is most likely that you have a tabstop setting in this paragraph, either through its style or direct formatting, somewhere between character 5 and 6. Apply Ctrl-Q to this paragraph, if that fixes it, you've probably become the victime of a Jason tab, see: Whenever I update my Table of Contents it acquires unwanted tabs, and I have to press Ctrl+Q to get rid of them (by Dave Rado) http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCJasonTabs.htm HTH .bob -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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