Table of contents formatting

[gray78]

How can I format the TOC to read:

Operations 2006 Overtime Table.........18-25

instead of how it is currently reading:
Operations 2006 Overtime Table..........18
Operations 2006 Overtime Table..........19
Operations 2006 Overtime Table..........20
Operations 2006 Overtime Table..........21
Operations 2006 Overtime Table..........22
Operations 2006 Overtime Table..........23
Operations 2006 Overtime Table..........24
Operations 2006 Overtime Table..........25

thank you

 

[fumei]

I do not think you can have a page spread in a ToC. Why do the entries??????

Gerry

 

[gray78]

what do you mean by a page spread. I formatted each table with a header and that is how it came out

 

[fumei]

By spread I mean it seems to spread between page 18 and page 25.

formatted each table with a header

"EACH" table? Are you saying these are different tables, but all having the same header?

Gerry

 

[j0ckser]

i suspect you cannot do this 'automatically'. by that i mean having word update the TOC for you as you work on the doc. the TOC is based on the placement of a 'heading'. since the heading is placed in a discrete spot, there's no way for word to deal with a range. (same thing goes for using 'Chapter' in a header.)

the only way i can think of to overcome this is to finish the doc and create a manual TOC with the page spread. i hope i'm wrong, cause i'd like to use this also.

per ardua ad astra

 

[fumei]

No, Word does not automatically update ToC, as you work. That would be very silly of it to do that. When would it? ALL the time? Constantly? Hardly an efficient use of resources.

A "manual" ToC would be one that you actually typed every entry, with no generation on Word's part. If that is what you want to do...sure, why not? You are incorrect with:

the TOC is based on the placement of a 'heading'

ToC are generated on the use of STYLES, with the default being Heading1 etc. In other words, you can generate a ToC based on other styles. You do NOT have to use the default Heading styles.

Your post is very confusing, especially when you do not bother to answer questions. I still don't know if you are using separate tables with table headings...or what? So...good luck.

Gerry