Macro to update TOC

Doug has told you how to remove the page numbers. For more on formatting the TOC, see http://wordfaqs.ssbarnhill.com/TOCTips.htm#Appearance 

Changing the alignment of any one of the TOC entries should update the paragraph style for that level because TOC styles are by default set to update automatically. For example, if a Level 1 heading is centered, the TOC 1 style will be updated. It should not be necessary to center or recenter the entire TOC.

Press ALT+F9 to toggle on the display of the field codes in the document and inside the closing } of the TOC field, add \n. That will suppress the display of the page numbers. Use ALT+F9 again to toggle off the display of the fields codes and then select Table of Contents and format the text so that it is Centre aligned.

If you are going to be updating the Table of Contents, you should modify the paragraph formatting in each of the TOC # fields used in it to avoid having the re-center the entries after an update.

You can set up a template with the desired formatting, including TOC styles, create a new document based on the template and then import existing content via the Insert File dialog box. The template would also have to contain the TOC (formatted to your liking). This will be more efficient than trying to modify styles on a document-by-document basis.

That said, of course a macro might be useful when dealing with the formatting of TOC entries. You'll need something along these lines:

Sub TestMacro() 

'Macro created by Stefan Blom, MVP, December 2021 

Dim i As Long 

For i = 1 To 9 

ActiveDocument.Styles("TOC " & CStr(i)) _ 

.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphLeft 

Next i 

End Sub

You could save the formatted TOC (that is, the TOC field) as an AutoText entry; see http://wordfaqs.ssbarnhill.com/TOCTips.htm#SaveWork

Once you have modified the settings for the TOC series of styles, you don't have to change them again (in the same document). TOC 1 controls the formatting of level 1 entries in the table of contents, TOC 2 controls the formatting of level 2 entries, etc.

To get a consistent look, modify these styles in the template you are using.