Microsoft Office Forums - View Single Post - Built in Heading Style are actually linked styles. Why?

Thread: Built in Heading Style are actually linked styles. Why?

View Single Post

Old

10-09-2019, 04:29 PM

Stefan Blom Stefan Blom is offline

Stefan Blom is offline

Stefan Blom uses Windows 10

Windows 10 Stefan Blom uses Office 2019

Stefan Blom uses Office 2019

Office 2019

Moderator

Join Date: Aug 2011

Posts: 4,006

Stefan Blom is a name known to all

Stefan Blom is a name known to all

Stefan Blom is a name known to all

Stefan Blom is a name known to all

Stefan Blom is a name known to all

Stefan Blom is a name known to all

Default

At a guess, the built-in headings are linked styles only for the purpose of backward compatibility. Linked styles used the be the only way to include part of a paragraph in a table of contents (besides using TC fields of course). Nowadays, you can use a style separator instead.

__________________
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional

Reply With Quote