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Subject: Microsoft Word Document
Category: Computers > Software
Asked by: jtreewhite-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 31 Mar 2005 00:59 PST
Expires: 30 Apr 2005 01:59 PDT
Question ID: 503075
How to sort the table of contents and accompanying pages alphabetically.
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Subject: Re: Microsoft Word Document
From: xarqi-ga on 31 Mar 2005 02:26 PST
 
Is an automatically generated TOC?
If so, must it remain dynamic after being sorted, that is, continue to
reflect document content changes?
Subject: Re: Microsoft Word Document
From: jtreewhite-ga on 31 Mar 2005 04:44 PST
 
Is an automatically generated TOC? I am required to update it after each change.

If so, must it remain dynamic after being sorted, that is, continue to
reflect document content changes? 

Yes, If possible
Subject: Re: Microsoft Word Document
From: xarqi-ga on 31 Mar 2005 04:51 PST
 
Just to clarify - you update the TOC, not word?  Ummmm - put it this
way, do you type in new TOC entries, or just select the whole TOC and
do an "update field"?
Subject: Re: Microsoft Word Document
From: jtreewhite-ga on 31 Mar 2005 06:59 PST
 
First, appreciate your kind assist and time. 

whole TOC and
do an "update field"? Yes 

Here is sample of what the TOC currently might look like:

Accounts payable       Page 1
Sales                  Page 2 
   Sales People        Page 3  (child of Sales)
Marketing              Page 4
Cash Flow              Page 5
Etc., Etc 

After the sort I would like it to look like this (Alpha Sort) - with
both pages and children having been re-indexed appropriately
Accounts payable       Page 1
Cash Flow              Page 2
Marketing              Page 3
Sales                  Page 4 
   Sales People        Page 5  (child of Sales)

Good Luck. Appreciated if you're able to find the solution.

Regards,
Subject: Re: Microsoft Word Document
From: xarqi-ga on 31 Mar 2005 14:14 PST
 
WoooW - hang on a minute.  It looks like it is not the TOC that you
want sorted, but the document.  With the example you gave, just
sorting the TOC (somehow) would give:
Accounts payable       Page 1
Cash Flow              Page 5
Marketing              Page 4
Sales                  Page 2 
   Sales People        Page 3  (child of Sales)

Here's a scenario.  Let me know if it sounds like what you are trying to do.
You add a new section to a document that has a title (probably with a
heading style).  You then run a macro that sorts the sections of the
document according to the content of the text with the appropriate
heading style.  Then, it updates the TOC.  This would be like a
self-ordering document.  Is that what you are after?
Subject: Re: Microsoft Word Document
From: jtreewhite-ga on 31 Mar 2005 17:31 PST
 
Oops. Your correct in your first scenerio. I only need to sort the TOC
alph. No need to have sequential numbering. How to sort the TOC?

Regards,
Subject: Re: Microsoft Word Document
From: owain-ga on 01 Apr 2005 16:11 PST
 
What you want is not a TOC, it's an Index. I don't know if Word
insists on Indexes being at the end.

Owain

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