Creating a Table of Contents as a Building Block

[duncan_bridge@hotmail.com]

Hi,

I'm creating a template for a sales team to use on their bids. They would like to have a contents page that automatically updates when section headings are changed or added. I am creating all of the other elements of the template as Building Blocks that they can simply insert into a new document. Is it possible to create a TOC as a Building Block that will automatically pick up headings of a certain style within the document it is inserted into?



Thanks for your help.

Duncan

[Charles Kenyon]

Yes, but. The built-in building blocks that come with Word do this.

If you need something different, simply create your Table of Contents, select it, and press Alt+F3 to save it. Make sure that you save it as a TOC and in your template. If you want it to show up at the top of the list, put it in a category the name of which starts with a space or underscore.
Where can Building Blocks be stored?

[Stefan Blom]

As Charles wrote, creating a building block is very helpful if you want a format which doesn't already exist in Word.

Of course, even with a custom format, you still have to update the TOC manually after you have changed something in the document. Just click in the TOC and press F9. If you are prompted to update the whole table, choose to do so.

In addition, a building block won't change the appearance of TOC entries. For those to change, modify the built-in TOC styles which control the text in the TOC (TOC 1 controls level 1 entries, TOC 2 controls level 2 entries, etc.).