Checkmark symbol in Table of Contents

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sharon27lily

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.
 
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Peter T. Daniels

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.)
 
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Stefan Blom

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.
 
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Stefan Blom

It certainly is.

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

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