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Hidden Text in Table of Contents
Hello,
I'm trying to insert text into a table of contents that doesn't actually appear in the body of the document. In my case, I want to have the first entry in the table of contents read "Cover Page", but the cover page doesn't contain those words. I've opted to create a heading 1 style with a hidden font, and written "Cover Page" at the beginning of the appropriate section. I can't get the entry to show up in the table of contents, even though the style shows up in the settings for the table. I've turned on hidden text (shown formatting marks) to see if it will show up, but no luck. Just wondering, does anyone know how to accomplish what I'm trying to do, or at least, why Word isn't displaying my hidden text in my table of contents? Thanks! |
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Hidden Text in Table of Contents
Or use a TC field instead.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Henk57" wrote in message ... Aerojon;2939846 Wrote: Hello, I'm trying to insert text into a table of contents that doesn't actually appear in the body of the document. In my case, I want to have the first entry in the table of contents read "Cover Page", but the cover page doesn't contain those words. I've opted to create a heading 1 style with a hidden font, and written "Cover Page" at the beginning of the appropriate section. I can't get the entry to show up in the table of contents, even though the style shows up in the settings for the table. I've turned on hidden text (shown formatting marks) to see if it will show up, but no luck. Just wondering, does anyone know how to accomplish what I'm trying to do, or at least, why Word isn't displaying my hidden text in my table of contents? Thanks! Try using a white font instead of hidden text. Make sure that the TOC style isnt white, though. -- Henk57 |
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Hidden Text in Table of Contents
Hi Suzanne, Henk,
I wound up making a TOC field, and then setting the style of the field such that the text is white... The question remains though, will a TOC display text in a style that is hidden? The style's definition includes "hidden" in the font, but it still shows up in the dialog box to define the TOC... Would'a thought that under those circumstances, it would display whatever text is in that style in the TOC... Cheers, Jonathan "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Or use a TC field instead. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Henk57" wrote in message ... Aerojon;2939846 Wrote: Hello, I'm trying to insert text into a table of contents that doesn't actually appear in the body of the document. In my case, I want to have the first entry in the table of contents read "Cover Page", but the cover page doesn't contain those words. I've opted to create a heading 1 style with a hidden font, and written "Cover Page" at the beginning of the appropriate section. I can't get the entry to show up in the table of contents, even though the style shows up in the settings for the table. I've turned on hidden text (shown formatting marks) to see if it will show up, but no luck. Just wondering, does anyone know how to accomplish what I'm trying to do, or at least, why Word isn't displaying my hidden text in my table of contents? Thanks! Try using a white font instead of hidden text. Make sure that the TOC style isnt white, though. -- Henk57 |
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Hidden Text in Table of Contents
Word is inconsistent about Hidden. For example, StyleRef fields don't
respect *any* font formatting *except* Hidden. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Aerojon" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne, Henk, I wound up making a TOC field, and then setting the style of the field such that the text is white... The question remains though, will a TOC display text in a style that is hidden? The style's definition includes "hidden" in the font, but it still shows up in the dialog box to define the TOC... Would'a thought that under those circumstances, it would display whatever text is in that style in the TOC... Cheers, Jonathan "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Or use a TC field instead. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Henk57" wrote in message ... Aerojon;2939846 Wrote: Hello, I'm trying to insert text into a table of contents that doesn't actually appear in the body of the document. In my case, I want to have the first entry in the table of contents read "Cover Page", but the cover page doesn't contain those words. I've opted to create a heading 1 style with a hidden font, and written "Cover Page" at the beginning of the appropriate section. I can't get the entry to show up in the table of contents, even though the style shows up in the settings for the table. I've turned on hidden text (shown formatting marks) to see if it will show up, but no luck. Just wondering, does anyone know how to accomplish what I'm trying to do, or at least, why Word isn't displaying my hidden text in my table of contents? Thanks! Try using a white font instead of hidden text. Make sure that the TOC style isnt white, though. -- Henk57 |
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