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Heading Styles to Table of Contents Styles bolding issue

I have modified all 9 heading styles in Word 2007.  They work perfect.  I have also modified the TOC styles and all is nearly perfect except for the last two.  When I generate the TOC, TOC 8 and 9 keep the bolding of the numbered heading, but not the text.  There is bold applied to the Styles Heading 8 and 9 for both the text and the numbering but there should be no bold when converted to the TOC 8 and 9.  I've done everything I can think of.  I have gone into the modify option of the heading 8 and 9 style and see the normal things applied, bold etc.  I have gone into the modify style for TOC 8 and 9 and see no bold applied.  When I highlight the number in the generated TOC it says times new roman bold, but it does not say that in the Style itself.  It's driving me insane.  Any suggestions on what I am missing here?  Here is an example of what I mean.  As you can see, when converted to the TOC the numbering of the  last two stay bold:

HEADING 1

Heading 2

I.     Heading 3

       A.     Heading 4

                1.     Heading 5

                        a.     Heading 6

                                i.     Heading 7

                                      (1)     Heading 8

                                                (a)     Heading 9

TABLE OF CONTENTS

HEADING 1 (TOC 1)

      Heading 2 (TOC2)

I.     Heading 3 (TOC 3)

       A.     Heading 4 (TOC 4)

                1.     Heading 5 (TOC 5)

                        a.     Heading 6 (TOC 6)

                                i.     Heading 7 (TOC 7)

                                      (1)     Heading 8 (TOC 8)

                                                (a)     Heading 9 (TOC9)

Answer
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In the text, select the level 8 numbers and press Ctrl+spacebar to clear direct character formatting. 

If the bolding goes away, then bold must have been specified in the  numbering dialog. Because the bold of the paragraph style toggles the  bold in the numbering (that is, turns it off), someone must have applied  bold as direct formatting to the numbers. The TOC feature picks up some direct character formatting (which is often not just embellishment), which is why the numbers are bold in the TOC.

The fix is to go into the define new multilevel list or modify list style dialog—depending on which type of list you have—and for number level 8, click the Font button,  and clear the input box for Font style.  Do the same for level 9.

Let us know if this works.

Pam

Pamelia Caswell

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Last updated September 24, 2024 Views 2,206 Applies to: