TC Field

Press the ¶ button on the Home tab in order to display nonprinting marks (including hidden text). Then place the insertion point where you want the table of contents entry. Press Ctrl+F9; Word adds field delimiters, { }. Type in TC "type in the text you want here" and press F9. Repeat the procedure for each additional "hidden" entry that you want.

Press Alt+F9 to show field codes. The TOC field will look similar to { TOC \o "1-3" \h }. Type in the \f switch.  Press Alt+F9 again to hide field codes. Update the TOC.

step 5b. navigate to the location of the TOC before hitting <ALT><F9>.

step 6. The default TOC field is defined as you noted.

step 7. After the "\h" add " \f"

step 8 <alt><F9> to hide field codes

step 8b <CTL> A to select the whole document

step 9 <f9> to update all selected fields

I follow most of the instructions. Where I'm stuck is exactly where to type \f. I've tried putting it in a few places but haven't stumbled on the right spot.

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1.      Press the ¶ button on the Home tab in order to display non-printing marks (including hidden text).

2.      Then place the insertion point where you want the table of contents entry.

3.      Press Ctrl+F9; Word adds field delimiters, { }.

4.      Type in TC "type in the text you want here" and press F9.

5.      Repeat the procedure for each additional "hidden" entry that you want.

6.      Press Alt+F9 to show field codes. The TOC field will look similar to { TOC \o "1-3" \h }.

7.      Type in the \f switch. 

8.      Press Alt+F9 again to hide field codes.

9.      Update the TOC.

TC fields are formatted as hidden text, so you will have to turn off the display of hidden text; then you won't see the field codes in the document.

Note that you must also add the \f switch to the TOC field, and then update the TOC. Entries defined by TC fields will now be visible in the table of contents.

**1.**This is still not working for me.

Pre  Press the ¶ button on the Home tab in order to display nonprinting marks (including hidden text). done

**2.**Then place the insertion point where you want the table of contents entry. (Right after the title Contents and before the first hyperlinked entry) done

**3.**Press Ctrl+F9; Word adds field delimiters, { }. done

4.      Type in TC "type in the text you want here" and press F9. ({ TC “President’s Office” } F9 done

5.      Repeat the procedure for each additional "hidden" entry that you want. (I want to master one first)

6.      Navigate to the location of the TOC before hitting <ALT><F9>.Press Alt+F9 to show field codes. The TOC field will look similar to { TOC \o "1-3" \h }. I moved the curser before { TC “President’s Office” } and clicked Alt F9 and on the next line got this { TOC \o “1-3” \h \z \u }

7.      Type in the \f switch after /h.  I added \f so it looks like this ( TOC \o “1-3” \h \f  \z \u}

8.      Press Alt+F9 again to hide field codes. Field codes disappeared and this was left { TC “President’s Office” } Done

9.      <CTL> A to select the whole document Update the TOC. After clicking Ctl A I went to references and updated the entire table. done

10.    <f9> to update all selected fields done

11.    I don’t get the results I want. When I deactivate ¶ the brackets disappear and the space is blank. I also have President’s Office listed along with everything else.

12.    This is the result I’m looking for:

Contents

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

Administrative Assistant to the President ................................................................................................................ 2....................................................................................................................................................................................

ACADEMIC OFFICE

Academic Dean........................................................................................................................................................ 4

I’ve tried just putting them in manually but every time I update the TOC, it undoes everything. This is a document that will be frequently updated and edited so the less manual formatting the better. I can hardly wait until I try to figure out how to control the pagination.