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How to get text in table of contents aligned after numbers?

Is it possible to get a table of contents in Microsoft Word with an alignment like this picture? If so, how? (In the picture the alignment is not perfect because I did it by hand, inserting spaces ...
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Formatting page number for appendices MS Word

I'm trying to number my appendices with a letter and page number, so for example, A1-A16 for Appendix A, and then B1-B5 for Appendix B and so on. I also want these values to be reflected in my table ...
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Word : square blocks in front of text (TOC ?)

These square blocks appeared in front of my text in Word, but when I print of PDF, they do not show up. That's good, I don't want them, but why are they there? Is it a preview thing? Can I turn it off?...
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How to automatically add a period in table of contents that is not there in the chapter heading in MSWord

I create chapter heading using the Heading1 style with a soft return between the chapter designation and the chapter title as shown: I then add a toc somewhere else in the document and it looks like: ...
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MS Word - How to make different caption style for the table captions in Appendix and main body?

I am trying to create a document where I have different headings and captions for the main body and the appendices. I have created the headings, where I have Chapter 1 and Appendix A (I did this ...
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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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MS Word Table of Contents Covers Header/Footer

I'm using Word 2010. I created a Table of Contents by going to References > Table of Contents > Automatic Table 1. When I do that, instead of having the table of contents fitting nicely between the ...
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Removing heading level from table of contents

I have 3 levels of headings in my document (1 - Heading, 1.1 Heading, 1.1.1 Heading) I want to only show the upper 2 levels (1 & 1.1) in my table of contents - is there a way to remove the 1.1.1 ...
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Microsoft Word: Does the heading style from a table appear in the table of contents/document map of a document?

My question is simple: I have a text. I apply the heading 1 style to it and the text appear in a table of contents/document map. Lets say, that text I want to put it in heading row of a simple table ...
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Sorting a Wikipedia table by numerical value in a text document?

I've been working on a 3474 line table. Getting the information was easy, capturing the needed information from public online sources. But I came across a problem. The table is by default sorted ...
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How to update the heading Levels for Table Of Contents in Word Online?

I am able to modify table of content using Desktop Word application installed locally. Id don't see the same option in Word online (OneDrive). Is there a way this can be done using Word online?
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I can't delete a Table of Contents in Word for Mac. The remove does delete the table, but it keeps returning. I need to make a new TOC

I have a long document with a TOC. After editing the document several times, I want to create a new table of contents. I have removed the old one several times, to no avail. The old TOC returns each ...
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How can be column incluted into rows?

There is the table in MS Excel or LO Calc. How can be it converted to this view of the table? The transformation using links (within the same table) to the initial version is allowed.
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Word 2013 Table of contents need relative link instead of file link for list of figures - for purpose of pdf export

In Microsoft Word 2013, I cannot get a list of figures in a table of contents to link to the internal document. It keeps linking to the file through a file:///c:\documents......docx address. This ...
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How to remove dotted line in table of contents in first heading only?

Does someone know how to remove dotted line in first heading in TOC, so in other heading it would still be? Example:
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Need help removing extra TOC text from number lists used as TOC levels

It's been over 20 years since I've used MS Word, but I've been pressed into duty writing a document for a family member. There are a few things I've forgotten how to do. I'm a bit stuck and I'm ...
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Microsoft Word Table of Contents displays the color of the numbered list instead of the color in the TOC style

In a Microsoft Word 2013 document I have defined Heading 1 and Heading 2 to be a numbered list in a blue font. When I generate the TOC the text of the TOC line is black but the number from the entry ...
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Can MS Word make "local" TOC for current header level

I am pretty familiar with the TOC and it's codes in Word. But for a larger project with lenghty chapters I would like to have a small summary at start of the chapter, and create a small TOC for the ...
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I want an MS TOC entry which is different from the text it points to - like an Epigram - I want the word 'Epigram' not the actual Epigram

I want an entry in my TOC (that was created with Headings 1, 2 & 3) that is not the same as the text it points to. So I want to have the word 'Epigram' in the TOC but I want some text like; 'For ...
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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. ...
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How to prevent an embedded object picture from appearing in the table of contents in Word 2013?

How do I prevent an embedded object picture from appearing in the table of contents in a Word 2013? The pictures of embedded documents (Excel and PDF) are showing up in the description line in the ...
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the arabic content in the cell excel is not shown correctly

The Text is in the cell is well written and when you click on it is is correct as shown in the upper view, On the cell itself it is not shown correctly For an example: Cell view: حمدا upper view : ...
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Word 2016: Print Preview causes Table of Contents to set all page numbers to the same page

Well this is an odd one. My Word 2016 document has a Table of Contents created using the 'Automatic' style (References > Table of Contents > Automatic Table 1). I can update the table and all is ...
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MS word table of contents description is not lining up

I have a report where the description for one part of the table of contents does not line up correctly. See attached image: "f. Tensile Strength" is shifted left from all the other ...
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How can I create a drop-down table of contents in Word 2021?

How can I create a drop-down table of contents in Word 2021? I know how to create a standard table of contents in Word, but since the file I'm working on is composed of three parts, which in turn ...
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Word - Excluding a part of a heading from the Table of Contents

I'm working on the spell list for our LARP club in Microsoft Word 365 (I know.. Geeky huh? but bear with me!) I have a spell description like this: Where the name of the spell (Counter Spell) is in a ...
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How can I change the chapter or section TOC's indentation without changing the main TOC indentation

I was using TOC filed code with /b to create a TOC under Section 1 that only shows heading3 title and page numbers. But it always has 0.4" left indentation, how can I set zero indentation just ...
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TOC page # prefix

Is there a way to add a prefix to the page Number in the TOC? The page number in the footer is based on the cover page. I have a "StyleRef" on the cover page indicating the volume # that ...
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MS Word 2019 Include non-heading levels in table of contents

I would like to format the table of contents to include categories/topics of the chapters: Table of Contents Topic Aaa Heading_1...........1 Heading_2...........2 Topic Bbb Heading_3...........3 ...
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Auto Generated Table of Content Like a "Field of Code"

I have problem with the insert table of content feature in Microsoft Word. It suddenly become like in the picture below. Any solution for this problem?
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Table of content in PDF exported from Word links back to Word document

I have created a table of content in a document file and its working fine in Word but not when I'm saving it as PDF file. When I click on the links in the table of content in the PDF viewer, it is ...
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Microsoft Word - Table of figures contains copies of figures instead of only the figure captions

I have inserted captions in the maps of my document and I have created a table of figures. When I updated the table of figures, some figures are shown in it. Despite the fact that I deleted them from ...
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How to disable `Fit Page` while navigating bookmarks in Foxit Reader?

I can't navigate PDF document with Foxit Reader because each time I click bookmark entry, it drops any my early set zoom to Fit Page instead. I need to re-zoom each time. If I open bookmark entry ...
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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 ...
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TOC with different page alignment for same style in MS Word

I have added a TOC to my document automatically based on the styles across the document. Strangely some page number alignment is different for the same style (screenshot below). I have tried changing ...
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Table of Content left aligns the first two rows on second page

I'm trying to create a template with an Table of Contents in Microsoft Word. This template is used to generate some documentation. Because it's a big document, the ToC is too big to fit on one page. ...
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Make Word 365 Table of Contents ignore annexed document

I am currently writing my graduation thesis and it is a requirement to annex side documents to the main document. The problem is: These annexed documents are documents of their own. They have their ...
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Linking back to table of contents in word document

I am editing a word document (on Mac) which includes a table of contents. The TOC is linked to appropriate places in the document. Great! Links to return to the TOC have been inserted in headers. ...
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Set different font for page number in table of contents MS WORD

I have my document in Times New Roman including the header styles but the page numbers in the footer are in different font, Nepali to be precise. When I create an automatic table of contents (TOC), ...
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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 ...
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MS Word: There is no table of content to update, though there is

I have a document which requires precise page numbering, formatting etc. through different sections. (I'm really not used to do that kind of things.) One problem is: Table of content is not updating. ...
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Issue with table of content in Microsoft Word

I have an issue with the table of content. As you see in the picture, the number of dots in 'Chapter Five' is not enough. Would any one please help me with that? Thank you so very much.
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Is it possible to sort a Table of Contents alphabetically

I would like to sort the Table of Contents of a document alphabetically rather than by page number. Suppose I have a Table of Contents automatically generated from headings like this one : TABLE ...
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How do I arrange data with the similar values in one of the columns together in Excel?

I have an Excel table with 4 columns - name of the company, website, area, and description. How do I group the companies from the same area (column 3 in my case) together? For example, this is what I ...
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Remove Tables & Figures from Table of Contents

I do not want tables and figures in the table of contents. However, despite multiple attempts over the last week, I have not been able to do it. I am frustrated. Please Help me.
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How can I apply multilevel numbering only to some headings in MS Word and not all headings of a level?

I would like to apply multilevel numbering of headings in Microsoft Word, but only for some of the headings of Level 1, but not for all of the headings. At the moment I defined the headings as level 1 ...
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How to proper align table of contents in Word 2013?

I'm struggling with following problem: I have generated table of contents and one of the item has quite long title as seen on the screenshot below. And because of that long title the page number goes ...
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Word 365 TOC-field not working in UK/DK-version and vice versa

In a Word 365 template I have a TOC-field: {TOC \n \t "KeyTaskHeading,1"} and this works perfectly when working in documents based on the template in the Word (DK) where the template is ...
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pdf extract selected chapter include the selected part of table of contents

If we create a pdf with table of contents we can show this in any pdf viewer eg. Adobe Reader, Firefox etc. The problem is in some cases you only want a special number of pages of a pdf file include ...
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How do I make a Word Table of Authorities correctly sort rule numbers?

I'm generating a Table of Authorities in Microsoft word, but it has trouble recognizing that "Crim. R. 3" comes before "Crim. R. 12," so I end up with out-of-order entries in my table, like this: No ...