Way to turn off "Update Table of Contents" prompt

[Guest]

Please provide a way to turn off the "Update Table of Contents" prompt. I
ALWAYS want Word to update the entire table. I NEVER want it to just update
page numbers.

The TOC field should support a switch like \updateentire (or something
shorter like \e) that would tell the field not to prompt. Then no matter who
updates the document, the TOC will know to update the entire table.

If you're willing to change the default behavior, then the TOC field should
probably default to always updating the entire table. Updating the table of
contents is so fast nowadays that it's a rare case when it's worthwhile to
only update the page numbers. If you go with this option, then you could
provide a switch to let users force a prompt if that's what they really
wanted.

Programmatically speaking, it should be REALLY, REALLY simple to add this to
the next version of Word. All it does is provide a default choice for an
existing prompt that you currently require a dialog for. Then on the "Edit
Field" dialog for TOC fields, you'd need to add one more checkbox. PLEASE
put this in the next version of Office! I've been wanting this since Office
97.

Thanks,

Bill

 

[Bill Foley]

This is merely a Microsoft Word NewsGroup site frequented by regular folks
like myself to ask/answer questions. If you would like to suggest this to
Microsoft, please visit the following site for more info:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=114491

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I second this suggestion. It's especially important to me when I send
documents to a client who doesn't have "Update fields" enabled and may print
the document without updating the TOC.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Since this was posted through the Web interface, I imagine it was posted as
a "Suggestion to Microsoft."

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Bill Foley]

Not being a user of the Web Interface does this "Suggestion to Microsoft
link" also send it to mswish or just post it as a message?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Posts it as a message that other Web users can vote on. Suggestions that
receive a lot of votes will be considered and responded to by actual
Softies.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

I third, fourth and fifth this suggestion. I maintain thousands of documents
with multiple table of contents embedded in each and always want the entire
table updated.

 

[Guest]

I third, fourth and fifth this suggestion. I maintain thousands of documents
with multiple table of contents embedded in each and always want the entire
table updated.