AboutSuzanne S. Barnhill Expertise I've been using Word for Windows since version 2.0 (1992), and the more I learn
about it, the more I realize how little I know. But I may know a few things
that you don't, and I'll help if I can. I answer many questions every day in
Microsoft's peer support newsgroups and as a result have been awarded the
MVP (Most Valuable Professional) designation by Microsoft Corporation. You
may be able to find the answer to your question at the Word MVPs' FAQ site or at my own Word FAQ site, so please check those first! Please, no questions about VBA (macros), Registry editing, networks, or complex merges, as I have no experience with these aspects of Word, nor do I have any experience with Word for the Mac.
Experience I have a master's degree in classics (Latin), which is surprisingly helpful, though I no longer teach. The things I am proudest of: Having raised two children to maturity, both Merit Scholars, both college graduates (one a philosophy major!), one Phi Beta Kappa (from Harvard!); having been made a Paul Harris Fellow by my Rotary club; having been designated a Microsoft MVP.
Education/Credentials B.A. (Latin), Agnes Scott College, 1966; M.A. (Classics), Emory University, 1972.
Question To create a TOC in MS Word, select Reference/ TOC/ Insert TOC, the TOC configuration dialog box comes up, in General/ Formats: there are options of 'From template', 'Classic', 'Fancy' etc. Is it possible to create my own Format template, cause I'm trying to create a table-like info and use TOC feature to pull out text data according to the selected styles
Appreciate for any suggestion
Thanks
Answer "From template" uses the TOC styles you have defined. You can create a TOC field to incorporate any desired heading styles. My article at http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/TOCTips.htm explains how to control both what goes into the TOC and what it looks like, and how to save both the styles and the TOC field for future use.
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word) 1999-2009
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