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Subject:RE: TOC to Text From:Kim Roper <kim -dot- roper -at- vitana -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 21 Feb 2001 10:44:02 -0500
Another option would be to generate the TOC, copy it and do a Paste Special
(Edit menu), selecting "Unformatted Text." I do this when I need to copy
cross-referenced information into other documents. This way, I preserve the
text and avoid a "Reference not found" error.
Cheers ... Kim mailto:kim -dot- roper -at- vitana -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Meg Halter [mailto:aiki4us -at- yahoo -dot- com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 10:27 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: TOC to Text
>
>
> Jon Leer [jleer -at- ltc -dot- mv -dot- com] writes
>
> Is there a way to generate a table of contents and then convert
> it to plain text?
>
> ----------------------------
> Just select & copy the TOC, open a new document, paste the TOC
> in and save as text format. When you look at the result in
> wordpad, you'll see everything there, minus the nice tabs.
>
> HTH
>
> -- Meg
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