WD: Table of Contents Entries Lose Character Formatting

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c

SUMMARY

When you compile a table of contents (TOC) using TC fields or heading styles, the table of contents entries lose their character formatting. This happens because Word for Windows applies TOC styles to the entries that replace the original character formatting.

MORE INFORMATION

The TOC field applies TOC# styles to the table entries (where "#" represents the heading level). The TOC# style formats replace any style or manual formatting you originally applied to the text. For example, the TOC# styles replace the following character formats:

   Bold            Underline
   Italic          Font
   Small caps      Point size
   All caps

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use either of the following procedures:

• Change the TOC# style definitions.

  Note: This workaround also changes the character format of the page numbers in your TOC. If you do not want to change this character format, you should not use this workaround.

  -or-

• Manually change the character formatting of the text in the TOC. The drawback of this workaround is that such formatting is lost if you later update the TOC field.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide," version 2.0, pages 555-570