Hide page number in Table of Contents

Question

I am working on a cookbook for my family. I have a Table of Contents that has 4 levels: TOC 1 = Chapter name, TOC 2 = a sub level of the chapter, TOC 3 = the name of the recipe, and TOC 4 = the name of the recipe indented.

Ex: 

Side Dishes ....................... pg 1  (TOC 1)

    Baked Vidalia Onion .......................... pg 1      (TOC 3)

    Potatoes........................................ pg 2     (TOC 2)

        Roasted Dijon Potatoes ............... pg 2      (TOC 4)

        Seasoned Grilled Potatoes ......... pg 3      (TOC 4)

    Tuna & Macaroni Salad .....................pg 4      (TOC 3)

Here's the problem: I don't want the page number to show on the 2 blue levels.

Ex: 

Side Dishes

    Baked Vidalia Onion .......................... pg 1

    Potatoes

        Roasted Dijon Potatoes ............... pg 2

        Seasoned Grilled Potatoes ......... pg 3

    Tuna & Macaroni Salad .....................pg 4

I can't find anyway to accomplish this. Does anyone know if there is any way to either delete or hide the page numbers on levels TOC 1 & TOC 3? Thanks in advance!

(Windows 10, Office 365 Home)

Answer 1

You can suppress the page number from a specific heading level by adding the \n switch to the table of contents field code. Press Alt+F9 to expose field codes. In place of the TOC, you will see something similar to (but not identical to) the following:

{ TOC \o "1-3" \h }

Add \n "1-1" at the end of the field code as follows:

{ TOC \o "1-3" \h \n "1-1" }

and press F9 to update the TOC. If prompted, choose to update the whole table.

Finally, press Alt+F9 again to hide field codes.

Answer 2

To hide page number for both level 1 and level 2, while still showing them for levels 3 and 4, the switch you add to the field code should be \n "1-2".

Answer 3

Thank you so much! That worked for the chapter level, but the sub chapter still had the page #.  I took a guess that the \n "1-1" should be \n "1-2" since the sub chapter is TOC 2 and now it is doing exactly what I wanted. Thanks again!

Answer 4

Sorry, I overlooked the fact that you wanted to suppress the page number for levels 1 and 2. I'm glad you got it right. :-)