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RE: Complex table in Word with integrated contents
Subject:RE: Complex table in Word with integrated contents From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 4 Feb 2009 17:25:11 -0500
Two TOCs, side by side. The left-hand TOC references the headings. The
right-hand TOC references TC fields, which you use to mark the
supporting documentation, and doesn't show page numbers. Of course, you
can only have one TC field for each heading, and preferably on the same
page.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Debbie Hemstreet
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:27 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Complex table in Word with integrated contents
>
> I am working on a Quality Manual, and need to create a table
> that is essentially just like the table of contents, but with
> an additional column that lists documents that support that manual.
>
> Is there a SIMPLE way to get the contents into a table
> format, with each heading in a row, the page number in a
> column, and then an additional column, as below?
>
> Heading page # Supporting Documentation
>
> Document Control 55 QCI 70-07-001
> Management Review 62 BDP AD-001
>
>
> Perhaps I could make an elegant macro, but I'm not sure how I
> would go about doing this....
>
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