New line in TOC

L

lallous

Hello

I am using TOC fields to generate the table of contents.
Something like this:

TOC \o "2-4" \f \h \z \u

Is there is a way to insert a new line in the table of contents before a new
TOC field?

Instead of:

Chapter 1
1.1 xxxx
1.2 yyyyy
1.3 end
Chapter 2
2.1 222222
2.2 3333333
2.3 aaaaaaa
Chapter 3
3.1
3.2
3.3

I want this:
Chapter 1
1.1 xxxx
1.2 yyyyy
1.3 end

Chapter 2
2.1 222222
2.2 3333333
2.3 aaaaaaa

Chapter 3
3.1
3.2
3.3

Notice the new line before chapter 2 and chapter 3.

Please advise.
 
S

Stefan Blom

Format the TOC 1 style to have the desired Spacing Before. You can do
this via the Index and Tables dialog box: On the Table of Contents
tab, click the Modify button. Select the TOC 1 style, click Modify.
Then click Format, Paragraph. On the Indents and Spacing tab, type a
value for Spacing Before (a "line" corresponds to approximately 12 pt,
but you may find 6 or 3 pt to be sufficient). Click OK, OK, Close.
Click Cancel in the Index and Tables dialog box; otherwise, Word will
insert a new TOC (asking you to replace the current one).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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G

Guest

New lines would disappear again when updating the table of contents. You can
instead obtain the result by modifying the TOC style* that is associated with
your chapter heading style. Via Paragraph > Indents and Spacing tab, enter
the desired amount of spacing in the Before field.

*By default, TOC 1 is used for Heading 1, TOC 2 is used for Heading 2, etc.
To check which TOC style is used for your chapter heading style: select
Insert > Reference > Index and Tables and click the Options button. Check
which TOC level is listed for the chapter heading style. If the level is 1,
TOC 1 is used, if the level is 2, TOC 2 is used, etc.
 

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