In Word 2003, I was able to put a checkmark next to a heading for an
important distinction in my organization, and have the checkmark appear in
the Table of Contents. It seems that in Word 2007, that same checkmark does
NOT appear in the Table of Contents. Can anyone either explain why, or more
importantly, tell me if there is a way to get the symbols to appear?

Thank you.

How did you put the checkmark in?

If it's an ordinary character, then simply typing it in the heading
will make it part of the text. If it's going at the beginning of the
line, be careful it doesn't get "inside" the numbering field, the x-
ref field used by the ToC, etc. (You could put the cursor after the
first character in the heading, and left-arrow one space, then type
the checkmark and a space.)

On May 25, 11:48*am, sharon27lily
<sharon27l...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> In Word 2003, I was able to put a checkmark next to a heading for an
> important distinction in my organization, and have the checkmark appear in
> the Table of Contents. It seems that in Word 2007, that same checkmark does
> NOT appear in the Table of Contents. Can anyone either explain why, or more
> importantly, tell me if there is a way to get the symbols to appear?
>
> Thank you.

Are you adding the check mark at the beginning of the heading paragraph via
Insert tab | Symbol | More Symbols? It seems as if such symbols don't display in
the table of contents. However, if you insert a space before the symbol, then it
will be visible in the TOC.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
(Message posted via NNTP)



"sharon27lily" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:50F17356-46B5-41D8-9E0D-(E-Mail Removed)...
> In Word 2003, I was able to put a checkmark next to a heading for an
> important distinction in my organization, and have the checkmark appear in
> the Table of Contents. It seems that in Word 2007, that same checkmark does
> NOT appear in the Table of Contents. Can anyone either explain why, or more
> importantly, tell me if there is a way to get the symbols to appear?
>
> Thank you.

How odd!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Stefan Blom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:egxXaED$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Are you adding the check mark at the beginning of the heading paragraph
> via Insert tab | Symbol | More Symbols? It seems as if such symbols don't
> display in the table of contents. However, if you insert a space before
> the symbol, then it will be visible in the TOC.
>
> --
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP
> (Message posted via NNTP)
>
>
>
> "sharon27lily" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:50F17356-46B5-41D8-9E0D-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> In Word 2003, I was able to put a checkmark next to a heading for an
>> important distinction in my organization, and have the checkmark appear
>> in
>> the Table of Contents. It seems that in Word 2007, that same checkmark
>> does
>> NOT appear in the Table of Contents. Can anyone either explain why, or
>> more
>> importantly, tell me if there is a way to get the symbols to appear?
>>
>> Thank you.
>
>
>

It certainly is.

FWIW, symbols added as bullet formatting will show up in the TOC.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:O$ZYYQE$(E-Mail Removed)...
> How odd!
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> http://word.mvps.org
>
> "Stefan Blom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:egxXaED$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Are you adding the check mark at the beginning of the heading paragraph via
>> Insert tab | Symbol | More Symbols? It seems as if such symbols don't display
>> in the table of contents. However, if you insert a space before the symbol,
>> then it will be visible in the TOC.
>>
>> --
>> Stefan Blom
>> Microsoft Word MVP
>> (Message posted via NNTP)
>>
>>
>>
>> "sharon27lily" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:50F17356-46B5-41D8-9E0D-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> In Word 2003, I was able to put a checkmark next to a heading for an
>>> important distinction in my organization, and have the checkmark appear in
>>> the Table of Contents. It seems that in Word 2007, that same checkmark does
>>> NOT appear in the Table of Contents. Can anyone either explain why, or more
>>> importantly, tell me if there is a way to get the symbols to appear?
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>>
>