TOC \b - Can I use only Heading 1 as source?

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I have a long manual that has a main TOC and separate TOC's for each section
using Word 2003. Last time I was editing it, I was able to insert the
sectionTOC's and used only Heading 1 as the source from each bookmarked
section. Now, I'm trying to update one of the section TOC's and I can't get
it to use only Heading 1; it includes Headings 2 and 3 as well. If it do
Insert -> Field -> and chose the TOC field, I can either add the switch -
which I need - or format the field to only pull from Heading 1, but not both.
I know it can be done, because I have it set this way in three other places
in the document, but I can't seem to make it work today. Help, anyone?

Thanks in advance!
 
I have a long manual that has a main TOC and separate TOC's for each section
using Word 2003. Last time I was editing it, I was able to insert the
sectionTOC's and used only Heading 1 as the source from each bookmarked
section. Now, I'm trying to update one of the section TOC's and I can't get
it to use only Heading 1; it includes Headings 2 and 3 as well. If it do
Insert -> Field -> and chose the TOC field, I can either add the switch -
which I need - or format the field to only pull from Heading 1, but not both.
I know it can be done, because I have it set this way in three other places
in the document, but I can't seem to make it work today. Help, anyone?

Thanks in advance!
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These things are controlled by separate switches within the TOC field code. The
\b switch restricts the table to the area covered by a bookmark, and the \o
switch determines what levels to use.

Look at the samples in the "Partial table of contents" section of
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TOCSwitches.htm. You want something
like

{TOC \b Chapter1 \o "1"}
 
Hi Jay-

Thanks for the info. I finally reverted to an earlier version of the
document and used the Format Painter to copy the right formatting from
another section TOC format to the messed up one. I will mess around with that
switch and see if it works. This is what the field looks in the sections that
are working:

{ TOC \b MyBookmark \* MERGEFORMAT }

Thanks!

Jocelyn
 
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