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[Guest]

I am using Word XP. I have used the auto creation of a TOC based on Heading Levels

The TOC is created correctly with a dashed line over to the page number. However the displayed TOC has a gray shadow that is distracting. The shadow does not print

This document is a User's Reference Guide to a software program. Most users will view it rather than read a hard copy. I would like to get rid of the shadow but can find no way to do so

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi Muppin

The TOC is a field. Whether it has a gray shade is controlled by a dropdown
in Tools > Options > View labeled "Field shading". You can choose "Always",
"When selected", or "Never". This applies to all fields in all documents on
your machine.

Regardless of how you set this option on your machine, other users' settings
will control the display on their machines. You can't influence that, and
you shouldn't try. If they want to see field shading, that's what they
expect to see.

 

[Larry Randall]

It is dangerous to allow end users to access a Word
document. If this is documentation, it should be
delivered in a nonchangeable format - preferrably PDF.

That eliminates the issue, and permits you to control the
document: whether the document text and GFX may be
copied, whether comments may be added, even whether it may
be opened -- all by password control. As a documentation
consultant, I am highly aware of the changes that occur to
Word documents because of differing printer drivers and
Word options. If you want the document to ALWAYS look the
same, you cannot rely on Word!

-----Original Message-----
I am using Word XP. I have used the auto creation of a TOC based on Heading Levels.

The TOC is created correctly with a dashed line over to

the page number. However the displayed TOC has a gray
shadow that is distracting. The shadow does not print.

This document is a User's Reference Guide to a software

program. Most users will view it rather than read a hard
copy. I would like to get rid of the shadow but can find
no way to do so.

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

And please note that googling for "alternatives to Acrobat" or somesuch will
produce many free and inexpensive products for the creation of basic PDFs
for word docs, for instance, pdf995.

DM