problem creating interactive outline using headings

Question

I have a problem creating interactive outlines using headings;

I can make headings using styles, but they do not appear in the headings side bar;

but sample docs do have them;

edit:

I find the problem relates to pasted text;

what are the format rules that define a heading?

highlighting a line of pasted text and changing the style to Heading1 is not recognised as a heading, but typing the same line of text and changing the style is;

thanks

Answer 1

Instead of selecting a sentence, just click inside the text. That should prevent Word from trying to access formatting to only the selected range.

If you have a chance to look at the document in a full version of Word (for PC or Mac), I would recommend that you do so, to get more information.

Answer 2

It appears that the problem of linked styles extends to the Android version.

As Stefan said, click in the text without selecting anything to apply the style as a paragraph style.

Headings that do not show up in the Navigation Pane or in a Table of Contents (or in Cross-References / Hyperlinks)

Answer 3

hi Stefan,

thank you, that's the solution;

just one click rather than selecting the sentence;

and many thanks to everyone above for their inputs;

james

Answer 4

thank you Stefan, that is helpful;

I cannot see the formatting marks in android, but I selected all, and cleared the formatting; then selected the pasted sentence; applied Heading 1; the style of the sentence was clearly changed, But nothing was added to the interactive outline side bar;

the same sentence written below the pasted version, following the same process, is added automatically to the interactive outline bar;

so if I copy and paste a 40 page document into Word, I am unable to create what is essentially an index;

puzzling;

thanks

Answer 5

Generally, to apply a heading style to text, either select the whole text paragraph or just move the insertion point into the text paragraph and then apply the style.

On a PC or Mac, you can tell exactly what is a paragraph, because it is terminated by a paragraph mark (¶) which is shown when you display nonprinting marks. The sample below shows a document with two text paragraphs. The style gallery on the Home tab can be used to apply heading styles (or other styles).