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Hello everyone !
In a long Word document the table of contents is generated over several pages, and certain parts are then cut off in the middle of the chapter titles.
=> example with 2 levels of titles in the table of contents :
Page 1 : TM1-TM2-TM2-TM2 ----- TM1-TM2-TM2
Page 2 : TM2 ----- TM1-TM2-TM2-TM2
My goal would be for page breaks to be automatically made without cutting a TM1-TM2 block (same for TM3-TM4...).
=> for the same example this would give :
Page 1: TM1-TM2-TM2-TM2
Page 2: TM1-TM2-TM2-TM2 ----- TM1-TM2-TM2-TM2
I tried several manipulations including the "solidarity paragraph" option but I cannot completely resolve the problem :
=> for the same example this would give :
Page 1: TM1-TM2-TM2-TM2 ----- TM1
Page 2: TM2-TM2-TM2 ----- TM1-TM2-TM2-TM2
Do you know how to do this ?
Many thanks in advance for your help.
I don't know what you mean by a "solidarity paragraph".
The Table of Contents is an automatically generated field. You can add page breaks within the results from that field to force a break where you want it. Those breaks will disappear when the TOC is updated.
The alternative it to manually create a table of contents.
Hello,
Thank you for your answer.
Sorry for the expression "solidarity paragraphs", it was translated from French!
I was referring to the option to prevent 2 paragraphs from being separated by a page break, but I was unable to apply it correctly to the level 1 in the table of contents.
Your solution remains manual, is it possible to manage this automatically so that page breaks are only made for titles 1 of the table of contents?
I believe what you may be interested in is the Keep with next option under the Line and Page Breaks tab in the Format Paragraph settings.
You can do this by making sure the TM1 paragraphs use the Keep with next option (refer below) checked. This will ensure the paragraph always follows the next paragraph (refer bottom screenshot).
In the example above, I have applied the Keep with next option to the Heading 1 style's paragraph settings (refer to the Styles in the Ribbon) in this 3 column layout. You can see that the paragram breaks to the next line becuase the Heading 1 style is following the next paragraph that uses the Normal style, which has the Keep with next option unchecked.
It may be difficult to do this automatically without understanding how to use styles to format your document, as you will need to make the Paragraph changes to the TOC 1 (i.e. TM1) style so that it will always apply these settings to your Table of Contents that use the TOC 1 style, especially when you update the entire table. It will take a bit of practise to get used to, but once you're familiar it will make formatting your documents a breeze.
You may also want to familiarise yourself with the other Paragraph settings on the tab as well to fully understand these features.