WD: TOC Field Not Updated Properly from Macro

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

If you use a macro to update a TOC (table of contents) field, Microsoft Word may not prompt you to choose either Update Page Numbers Only or to Update Entire Table. Word only updates the page numbers.

CAUSE

Word defaults to Update Page Numbers Only.

WORKAROUND

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The following sample macro locates the TOC field and uses the InsertTableOfContents command to replace the existing table of contents and retains all formatting previously applied to the original table.

   Sub MAIN
      StartOfDocument           'Move insertion point to start of document.
      OldVFC = ViewFieldCodes() 'Get the current state of ViewFieldCodes.
      ViewFieldCodes 1          'Turn on Field Codes.
      EditFindClearFormatting   'Clear EditFind formatting setting.
      EditFind .Find = "^19 toc"         'Find the first TOC field.
      InsertTableOfContents .Replace = 1 'Replace current table.
      ViewFieldCodes OldVFC              'Restore ViewFieldCodes setting.
   End Sub

   Sub UpdateTOC()
      ' Update the entire first Table of Contents
      ' in the active document.
      ActiveDocument.TablesOfContents(1).Update
   End Sub

   Sub UpdateTOC()
      ' Update only the page numbers of the first
      ' Table of Contents in the active document.
      ActiveDocument.TablesOfContents(1).UpdatePageNumbers
   End Sub

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0. Document number WB51157-1093, pages 457-458 and 738.