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Questions tagged [table-of-contents]

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How to remove Word heading style without losing the formatting?

I have received a word file where lots of text has the style Heading 1 but was later formatted to not look like the Heading 1 style. Whenever I do a refresh of the TOC it will insert the complete chapter in the TOC. Is there a way to remove just the…
OliverS
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Is there a Keyboard-Shortcut for updating all fields, tocs and indexes in MS Word 2011 Mac OS X?

I know it's possible to have MS Word 2011 update all fields before printing a document but I would like to be able to update the fields whenever I feel the need to. Is there a keyboard short cut for this for MS Word 2011 on Mac OS X?
T. Junghans
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Word 2010 -- How can you make heading 4, 5, etc.. visible in the table of contents?

Word has Headings 1 - 9, but by default only 1 - 3 will show in the TOC. So, to apply a style to selected text other than Heading 1 - 3, I have done this: select the text right-click the selected text select Styles... from the dropdown…
Ian Campbell
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How can the Table of Contents in a PDF file be edited?

How can I edit the Table of Contents of a PDF file on Linux? I tried pdfedit but I can't find where the content table list is stored.
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Turning off "Update page numbers only" in Word

When I update the fields document-wide (Ctrl + A, then F9) in a Word document that has a table of contents, a dialog appears asking if I want to update page numbers only, or update the entire table. I never want to update page numbers only if the…
phenry
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How can I make a table of contents for a markdown document with Python/AWK/SED?

I have the following markdown document: Heading-a ========== ---text--- Heading-b ------------ --- text --- Heading-c ---------- --- text--- Heading-d ======= --- text---- Heading-e --- ... I would like to make a clickable table of…
Léo Léopold Hertz 준영
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Changing Table of contents direction in word 2010

I'm using word 2010 and I'm trying to create a TOC for a right-to-left language. The problem is that word creates the TOC as left-to-right, meaning that the chapter names are on the left side and the page numbers on the right. Can it be changed? thx
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Generate table of contents with links for GitHub markdown with pandoc

How to generate table of contents with links for GitHub markdown with pandoc? I tried pandoc -f markdown_github --toc -s -S README.md -o new.md It does create a table of contents but it has no link to sections. I'm trying to generate a table of…
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How to "demote" all titles and headings in Word 2010?

I built a large help document for an application I wrote. I used all the default styles in Word 2010, including "Title", "Heading 1", "Heading 2", etc. Sadly, when I generated the Table of Contents, Titles were not included. I'm also now using…
dangowans
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Table of Contents Outside of Margin

I currently have an automatic table of contents generated for a report I have written. All of the headings in the report are formatted correctly and all indent as expected on the TOC. However, the Header 1 styled entries in the TOC extend past the…
lethalMango
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Formatting page numbers in Table of Contents to include text

In Word 2010 I want text (eg. VIS - 1, VIS - 2, VIS - 3, etc.) to show in front of the page number in the Table of Contents. I prefer to include the text (e.g. VIS) in the footer in front of the page number.
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How to update the Table Of Contents in Word Online?

Is there a way to update the Table Of Contents of a document inside Word Online (Office 365)? The only solution I've found consists in clicking the button EDIT IN WORD to edit the online file with the Word application installed locally, update the…
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Libreoffice considering ordinary text as headings

I am preparing my thesis with several headings and subheadings. In fact I started writing the report first and later went on to add pages in the beginning to insert title page, certificate, abstract, acknowledgements and table of contents and so on.…
Chethan S.
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Automatic Table of Contents showing all the same page number

I've created an automatic table of contents within Microsoft Word. It has successfully populated the headings with the correct information; however, all of the page numbers show 1 the whole way down. I've inserted page numbers into the header and…
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Table of Contents is using regular (Arabic) numbers for pages whose numbers are Roman

I'm using Microsoft Office 2013 Word. Pages that have page numbers displayed as Roman numerals are displayed in the Table of Contents with Arabic numeral page numbers. Here is a screenshot of the Table of Contents: Here is a screenshot showing that…
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