TOC Update with Multiple documents and changed names

Question

Hi, I have a document with a TOC over 19 or 20 Word documents, it was working well, but some names of the documents has to be changed now and I must generate a new TOC over all Word files.

I tried to create a new document and using insert field, type a R and give the path and name of the document. after that doing all documents, but it cant open the documents to create the TOC.

Hope someone can help me with this problem, Also I don't know how to update the old TOC.

Answer 1

Hi Charles,

Correct I used it for all documents, but it don't work.

Thats also how I created it some years ago, but I also can't change the names and paths of the existing documents.

Hans

You should be able to edit the RD fields or create new ones to the existing documents.

See also:

• Word Fields and Relative Paths to External Files
• Dealing with Fields in Microsoft Word

Answer 2

Stefan,

Oops, I forgot to hit the publish key, probably because I wanted to do more on it.

Answer 3

What you may be looking for is the RD field.

Using RD and Other Fields to Construct Multi-File Documents in Word

Answer 4

Charles, I don't know if it is a temporary error, but I get an error message trying to access your link?

Answer 5

Hi Charles,

Correct I used it for all documents, but it don't work.

Thats also how I created it some years ago, but I also can't change the names and paths of the existing documents.

Hans