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Custom border for table of contents

Anonymous
2017-06-14T23:42:28+00:00

Hi, how do you put a border around the whole table of contents? I tried borders/paragraph but it breaks up when table is updated

Thanks :-)

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  1. Stefan Blom 339.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2017-06-16T07:57:40+00:00

    Insert the table of contents inside a single-cell table and apply borders to that table.

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  1. Jay Freedman 207.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2017-07-05T21:24:46+00:00

    Thank you that worked :-)

    Is there any way to change the default so I can store the style in normal.dot?

    Insert the table of contents inside a single-cell table and apply borders to that table.

    No, the default isn't configurable, but you can select the table with the TOC inside it, and press Alt+F3 to store it as a building block. If you set the Gallery dropdown to Table of Contents, and give the building block a name such as Bordered (or anything alphabetically before Built-In), the table/TOC will appear at the top of the References > Table of Contents gallery.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-07-04T18:59:16+00:00

    Thank you that worked :-)

    Is there any way to change the default so I can store the style in normal.dot?

    Insert the table of contents inside a single-cell table and apply borders to that table.

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