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Table of contents: how to make 2 versions in 2 languages?

Anonymous
2023-09-06T10:12:35+00:00

I have a text written in 2 languages. The Dutch text is always in the left-hand column of the page, while the French text is always in the right-hand column of the page. I now want to add/adapt a table of contents in the 2 languages. The Dutch table of contents must always be on the entire left-hand page and the French table of contents on the entire right-hand page (i.e. alternating between a page with the Dutch table of contents and a page with the French table of contents). How should I go about this?

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-09-06T11:13:44+00:00

    It could be doable if you abandon the idea of interleaving the TOCs, which introduces complications that are not worth the effort. If you put the entire Dutch TOC first, followed by the French TOC, it would be doable provided you used different heading styles for the two languages. There are various ways to approach this. If, for example, you used Headings 1-3 for Dutch and Headings 4-6 (modified to match Headings 1-3) for French, then you could easily create a TOC using only levels 1-3 (the default) and another using levels 4-6; these can be mapped to TOC levels 1-3.

    Alternatively, you can have heading styles based on Headings 1-3 for French. You would then have to create the TOC based on styles rather than outline levels. These variations are discussed in my article at http://wordfaqs.ssbarnhill.com/TOCTips.htm

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-09-06T11:51:11+00:00

    Thanks for your explanation. I will look further into how to work with it.

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