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Mac Forum / Applications / Word / May 2008How can I update a table of contents in Word?
Version: 2004 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Power PC I've created a table of contents in Word using Styles I made. All's worked fine. However now I want to add some more sections into my document and to have these appear in the Contents. Unfortunately although I can add them in using the styles etc they don't seem to appear in the Contents. Do I have to recreate a table of contents every time I add something or is there a simpler way to update it? Sure is, Ella! Key Command-a to select all of the document. Hit the F9 key. Click the "Update entire table" radio button => OK. Voila! Instant! Cheers, Clive Huggan Canberra, Australia (My time zone is 5-11 hours different from North America and Europe, so my follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed) ==================================================== On 13/3/08 10:48 PM, in article ee93b46.-1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, > Version: 2004 > Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > recreate a table of contents every time I add something or is there a simpler > way to update it? However, Mac OS X has hijacked the F9 button for Exposé, so this keyboard shortcut is very likely not to work in Word unless the required modifications have been made in System Preferences. You can also ctrl-/right-click the TOC and choose Update Field from the contextual menu, or, if you're more of a keyboard user, move the cursor into the TOC and hit Cmd+Option+Shift+U. On 13/03/08 13:06, in article C3FF63EF.35A7C%REMOVETHISoffice@ANDTHISstrategists.com.au, "Clive Huggan" <REMOVETHISoffice@ANDTHISstrategists.com.au> wrote: > Sure is, Ella! > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >> recreate a table of contents every time I add something or is there a simpler >> way to update it?  SignatureMichel Bintener Microsoft MVP Office:mac (Entourage & Word) *** Please always reply to the newsgroup. *** Thanks, Michel -- I keep forgetting about that hijacking! (I altered the OS keyboard shortcut so as to keep F9 for Word, which is why I forget). Clive ====== On 13/3/08 11:46 PM, in article C3FEE0AD.A358%mbintener@NOmvpsSPAM.org, > However, Mac OS X has hijacked the F9 button for Exposé, so this keyboard > shortcut is very likely not to work in Word unless the required [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >>> simpler >>> way to update it? Thanks very much for all the tips - they both work (I had altered the function keys hijacked for Expose. Speaking of table of contents, Word consistently crashes when I try to update a table of contents in documents originally created on a Windows machine. Does anyone else have this problem? I hoped that version 12.1.0 would have solved this, but no luck. Do you see this happen on a lot of different documents? Because I'd think it's document corruption---which an update is *highly* unlikely to fix. Try here: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/DocumentCorruption.html If that doesn't fix it, please start a NEW thread and give full details. Reactivating a two-month old thread with a similar but DIFFERENT problem is not a good way to get the best help. > Speaking of table of contents, Word consistently crashes when I try to update a table of contents in documents originally created on a Windows machine. Does anyone else have this problem? I hoped that version 12.1.0 would have solved this, but no luck. Sorry: No detail always means "No Answer". If you care to respond with details of all the software involved, then I can tell you how to fix this. On 18/05/08 4:14 AM, in article ee93b46.4@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, "Writer" <tony_five@yahoo.com> wrote: > Speaking of table of contents, Word consistently crashes when I try to update > a table of contents in documents originally created on a Windows machine. Does > anyone else have this problem? I hoped that version 12.1.0 would have solved > this, but no luck. SignatureDon't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/ Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia. mailto:john@mcghie.name |
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