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Global Find/Replace to get titles into TOC..!!
Hi all,
Note: My aplogies for my earlier multipost! Thanks to all help I recieved! I am writing a very looooong test plan (I am a verifier) and I have about 100 test cases. What I need to do is do a global search and replace to update each of the titles with an 'outline level of 3" (I think this is correct) so that the titles will appear in the table of contents' on page 2 of my document. Here is what I have done so far: My titles look like the following (snipet): Test ID (723) - Success Path - CLI Configure Acct-Interim-Interval Timer Test ID (724) - Session Release - 3GPP PCC - PCC end of call Test ID (725) - Success Path - Session Cancelled - 3GPP PCC to 3GPP PCC call session is cancelled by originator prior to successful set-up All the titles are in white font on a blue background, so I can CTRL+H and search on Format - Font - Font color = White, but what do I replace them with so that they will all be updated codes that will be picked up by my table of contents. I tried doing this (with no luck) in the replace section: CNTL+H FORMAT - Paragraph Alignment = Left, Outline Level = 3 It seems to do something, as it says that 100 entries have been modified, but yet when I go to my TOC and hit F9 to update the entire TOX, nothing is updated!! Am I on the right track? What am I doing wrong? HELP! Derek |
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Global Find/Replace to get titles into TOC..!!
Hi Derek
MegaC wrote: My titles look like the following (snipet): Test ID (723) - Success Path - CLI Configure Acct-Interim-Interval Timer Test ID (724) - Session Release - 3GPP PCC - PCC end of call Test ID (725) - Success Path - Session Cancelled - 3GPP PCC to 3GPP PCC call session is cancelled by originator prior to successful set-up All the titles are in white font on a blue background, so I can CTRL+H and search on Format - Font - Font color = White, but what do I replace them with so that they will all be updated codes that will be picked up by my table of contents. I tried doing this (with no luck) in the replace section: CNTL+H FORMAT - Paragraph Alignment = Left, Outline Level = 3 It seems to do something, as it says that 100 entries have been modified, but yet when I go to my TOC and hit F9 to update the entire TOX, nothing is updated!! Am I on the right track? What am I doing wrong? You need to make sure that your TOC actually compiles itself from outline levels (and not, say, from certain styles). In your position, I would certainly replace the found paragraphs with a certain style (say, "Heading 3") and change the style according to your needs, but that's not a precondition to solve your immediate problem. [It might be a precondition for handling large documents better, though, using styles, I mean ... :-)] So, in short: try selecting the first character of your TOC (this will select the whole TOC). Hit SHIFT-F9 (this should display the TOC field code). Look up the field codes in Word's offline-Helf on the TOC field. Post the field code again in here if necessary. HTH Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Global Find/Replace to get titles into TOC..!!
Hi Robert,
I did as you said, and when I hit SHIFT-F9, I get this: {TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u What do I do now? |
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Global Find/Replace to get titles into TOC..!!
MegaC wrote:
I did as you said, and when I hit SHIFT-F9, I get this: {TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u OK, the \o switch gathers paragraphs that are formatted in Heading 1-3, and the \u switch those where an outline level is set (manually or through style). IOW, _if_ your replace-run was successfull, _and_ your TOC is updated (select it again and hit F9, maybe SHIFT-F9, too, if it still shows the code), then the TOC should show those entries. If not, go to one of those entries in the text and check under Format | Paragraph in the Layout tab whether the outline level is indeed Bodytext ... Greetinx Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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