TOC Different Between Two Documents

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#1

Without being able to see 'behind the scenes'
         [these merely open as image documents] :wink:
       I'm not sure, yet maybe in the first one, you clicked on the tab-key
and in the second one you didn't :wink:

#2

Has nothing to do with tabbing - I use "heading" styles which should be incorporated into the TOC. Also the documents can be downloaded - buttons on top to download when you see the preview image.

Best,
Joel

#3

Hi :slight_smile:
Err, in the
Copyrightbriefs
one i right-click in the ToC and about halfway down is "Update index/table"
and that suddenly added 4-6 entries.

I had tried the same thing in the other document but it had no effect
there.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#4

Hi :slight_smile:
Ahh, wrt the indents it might be taht they are following the styles of the
documents.

The one with no indents has all it's headings flush up against the
left-hand side. The doc that does have indented ToC also has indented
titles.

This might be something you could sort out by modifying the styles of the
non-indented one and then "Select All" (eg, Ctrl A) and then from the
menus;
Format - "Remove direct formatting"
You might need to reapply appropriate style to the appropriate headings
which could be a bit of a pain.

An alternative route would be to 'just' edit the ToC itself directly and
leave the rest of the document as is. At the moment the ToCs are both
protect to stop people from editing them but if you right-click on the ToC
then;
Edit Index/Table
then the 1st tab, Index/Table, has a tick-box in the top section of that
1st tab. You can untick the option there and then edit the ToC as much as
you like. Of course if you subsequently "Update the index/table" then the
ToC would need re-editing.

So, in some ways it might be better to do the styles route, for example if
this is a document you'll be working on in the future. However, if you
just want to print the thing as a "one off" and only likely to edit very
rarely then directly editing the ToC might be the quickest hack.

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#5

The indentation and so on of entries in the table of contents are controlled by paragraph styles called Contents 1, Contents 2, etc. In your Copyright document, these styles have indentations progressively 0.5 cm larger than the previous level. In your Evidence document, Contents 2, 3, and 4 all have indentations of zero. This creates exactly the arrangement you see.

You could choose to tinker with those styles manually or you can copy them from one document to another:
o In Evidence, open the Styles and Formatting window. (Go to Format | Styles and Formatting, or press F11, or click the Styles and Formatting button in the Formatting toolbar.)
o Click New Style from Selection | Load Styles... .
o In the Load Styles dialogue, tick Overwrite.
o Click From File... and browse to and Open the Copyright document.

Voilà!

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker

#6

Makes sense - next question is, how the hell did this happen? :wink: I haven't tinkered at all with settings, haven't reset my profile, etc . . . all other documents work fine, just this one hit a snag.

Best,
Joel

#7

My first question would be whether you used a Template for either or both
of these documents.

Regards,

#8

Nope. No templates used.

Best,
Joel