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clear all formatting from table of contents and hyper links special case

Anonymous
2024-10-15T06:36:30+00:00

This is a hard one. I have a long table contents in a MS Word document.

I copied the table of contents into a new document and I want to remove all formatting and links so the table of contents is now just normal text - which I will then format how I would like.

If I highlight and "edit" and then "clear formatting" the table of contents still has the links etc and I can't highlight just one word etc.

MS Word for Mac Version 16.89.1

MAC OS Sonoma 14.6.1

Please help.

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  1. Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 435K Reputation points
    2024-10-15T15:22:41+00:00

    Another way to accomplish the same:

    Once pasted into the new document, click anywhere in the TOC, press Command+6 to unlink the field then use Clear Formatting on the Styles Pane.

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  1. Paul Edstein 82,861 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-10-15T07:00:26+00:00

    The simplest method to clear all formatting would be to copy the table, then paste it as unformatted text. I suspect you don't want to go that far, however.

    The alternative is to paste it normally, then select the pasted table and press The Command button on macOS.+Shift+F9 to unlink the fields.

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  1. Stefan Blom 338.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-10-15T06:58:05+00:00

    Copy the whole TOC into a new, blank document. Unlink the TOC so that it becomes ordinary text. You can use the The Command+Shift+F9 to unlink selected fields.

    You should be able to clear any undesired formatting from the now unlinked content.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-10-16T02:02:10+00:00

    wow thank you all very much I have removed formatting and can now apply my own formatting.

    Much appreciated

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