Generating a Table of Contents with Rules in Word 2007

[Linda]

The Table of Contents (TOC) for an installation guide I am updating includes
rules before each Heading 1. However, the rules do not show up in the TOC if
the previous section in the document does not have a Heading 2 style applied.
Sometimes a section just doesn’t have any other headings besides Heading 1,
but I need to have the rules appear in the TOC. How can I do that without
making up a section for the Heading 2 style?

I tried to recreate the TOC below. Section 5 does not have a rule because
Section 4 in the document only has the Heading 1 style applied. If Section 4
had a Heading 2, then the rule would appear. Appendix A and Appendix B do not
have rules because the previous sections do not have Heading 2 styles.

Table of Contents
_______________________________________________________
SECTION 1:
INTRODUCTION.......................................................2
Document
Conventions.........................................................2
_______________________________________________________
SECTION 2:
OVERVIEW.............................................................4
About The
Software..............................................................4
_______________________________________________________
SECTION 3:
INSTALLATION.......................................................5
Installation
Steps..................................................................5
_______________________________________________________
SECTION 4: TROUBLESHOOTING INSTALLATION PROBLEMS.........6

SECTION 5:
SUMMARY..............................................................7

APPENDIX A:
ACRONYMS...........................................................8

APPENDIX B: SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS........................................9

I know this is confusing. Any advice will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Linda

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Add a Horizontal Inside Border as well as a Top Border.

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

 

[Jerry]

It sounds like the "rule" you're using is a top paragraph border applied to
the TOC1 style. The top and bottom paragraph borders do NOT appear between
multiple paragraphs of the same style. When a block of paragraphs are
formatted with the same border style, the border only appears on the top (or
bottom) paragraph of the block.

What you need to do is modify the borders for the TOC1 style so that there
is both a top border and a middle horizontal border. Open the Styles window
(Alt-Ctrl-Shift-S). Select two paragraphs of the TOC1 style, right-click on
the style name, and select "Modify." Then click the "Format" button and
select "Border..." Make sure that both the top border and the middle
horizontal border are selected.

That should do it.