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WD98: Tabs Ignored in Table of Contents or Index

Article ID: 179846

Article Last Modified on 10/4/2002

Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q179846

SYMPTOMS

When you create one of the following, Word does not add the additional tabs in the compiled table of contents or index:

A table of contents using TOC entries based on either a heading style or TC fields containing more than one tab.

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An index from XE field entries containing more than one tab.

CAUSE

Word tries to eliminate the possibility of awkward or inappropriate spacing in your compiled table of contents or index, especially when you have set custom tab settings. Word removes those tabs from your table of contents and index entries.

MORE INFORMATION

For Example, in a sentence that begins

Jane <tab> Austen's <tab> Works

after you create your table of contents, the heading appears in the table of contents as follows:

Jane <tab> Austen's Works.

The second tab is not necessary when using the table of contents or index generation tools in Word.

Additional query words: toc missing removed deleted deletes space

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