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How to search for TOC fields

Anonymous
2020-11-22T04:46:27+00:00

Is there a way to search for TOC fields in a word document? Using ^d in the search option (special field) does not work.

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  1. Paul Edstein 82,861 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2020-11-22T06:41:29+00:00

    A PDF-to-Word conversion is unlikely to create any fields in the resulting Word document.

    In any event, an ordinary Find will locate content in TOC fields, without recourse to the ^d parameter. The ^d parameter is only used when you have the field code display toggled on and you're searching the field code itself - not the field's results.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-11-26T12:00:47+00:00

    The converting software, ABBYY, does actually create multiple fields. What happens is that I am converting old reports, as developed with a typewriter, into word.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-11-22T06:26:08+00:00

    Hi!

    In reality the TOC fields in my computer are mostly the result of a bad conversion from pdf to word conversion. Cannot you search for the TOC fields with a macro?

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  3. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2020-11-22T05:24:18+00:00

    It is more likely that you should be searching for TC fields as they are the fields that are used to mark a table of contents entry.  The TOC field is the one which is used to create a Table of Contents, either from TC fields, or Outline Levels or Styles and it is usually located at the front of your document.

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