Table of Contents number display

[Buzz]

I created a brief in Word 2007. The court requires the numbers in the text
to display between dashes (e.g., - 1 -, - 2 -, etc.). When I generate the
table of contents, the numbers display with dashes. How can I get the
numbers in the table of contents to display WITHOUT the dashes, while
retaining the dashes in the numbering for the body of the document?

 

[Stefan Blom]

What kind of numbers are you referring to?

 

[Buzz]

I am referring to the page numbers.

 

[grammatim]

Sounds like page numbers.

When you type the two dashes in the header or footer around your page
number, be sure you're typing them _outside_ the PAGE field -- to
temporarily see the field, select the page number and press Shift-F9.
The dashes need to be not inside the brackets that appear. When you're
done fixing the dashes, select the field again and press Shift-F9 to
hide it again. (That's the 9th function key at the top of the
keyboard.) Then update your ToC.

 

[Buzz]

Ahh - I had inserted the dashed numbers in the text automatically using Page
Numbers in the headers + Format Page Numbers + Number Format. When I change
this to a plain number and insert the dashes manually, it solves the problem!
Thanks!!