[dba-Tech] A Question about Word

Arthur:

When I wrote my manual for E-Z-MRP I knew up front that I wanted to be able
to use the table of contents thingy and the same with lists of figures and
reports.  So I was consistent about the headings, and sub headings, and used
a unique font for the figure captions.

So as the manual gets changed, all I do is click a couple things and the
table of contents and lists of figures get automagically replaced with the
right headings and page numbers.

Be glad to send you a copy of the manual if you want to see how it was done.



Rocky 

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Subject: [dba-Tech] A Question about Word

I'm submitting a proposal for a book, and working from a sample
proposal supplied by my literary agent. As intelligent documents go,
this one ain't got any. 



Following is a block pasted in from my version of said sample:




Chapter 1: Management Studio



                        Navigation



                        Schemas

                        Templates



 



            Chapter 2: Integration
Services
                        etc.


 






The headings do not correspond to Heading 1 etc.
The chapter numbers are literals. As I work out the outline of the
book, re-ordering the chapters, etc., I am constantly going back to renumber
the 30 chapters to reflect their new position. There has to be a better
way! I could redefine Heading 2 to reflect this formatting, but I don't
want to do that because Heading 2 is used for its natural purpose
elsewhere in the document. What I need is an auto-number style that
begins with the word "Chapter" followed by the auto-number, followed by
the title I enter, similar to the way that Table and Figure captions
work. I have no idea how to achieve this. I guess that I should create
a new Style, but that's about the extent of my knowledge of Word. Even
though I use Word constantly, I have never bothered to learn the object
model beyond its most trivial aspects. At least I know the goal: I want
to be able to drag a given chapter and its kids to a new location in
the list, and have all the chapters renumber themselves, same as
Heading 2s would do.



Any suggestions greatly appreciated.



TIA,

Arthur





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