WD2000: How to Write a Macro That Creates a Table of Contents Entry Automatically (211463)

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For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: You can assign the following macro to a menu, a toolbar, or a key sequence to quickly designate text to be included in a table of contents.

   Sub EnterTCField()
      Dim SelectedText As String
      ' Selection must be text.
      If Selection.Type = wdSelectionNormal Then
         ' Get selected text and place it within quotation marks.
         SelectedText = Chr$(34) & Selection.Text & Chr$(34)
         ' Move insertion point to end of selection.
         Selection.Collapse (wdCollapseEnd)
         ' Insert TC field.
         Selection.Fields.Add Range:=Selection.Range, _
         Type:=wdFieldTOCEntry, Text:=SelectedText
      Else
         MsgBox "The selected text is not valid for a TC field."
      End If
   End Sub
				

When you have designated all of the table of contents entries with this macro, use the following procedure to build the table of contents:

1. On the Insert menu, click Index and Tables.
2. Click the Table of Contents tab.
3. Click Options.
4. Click to select the Table entry fields check box.
5. Click OK twice.

Table of contents entries or TC fields are automatically formatted as hidden text. To edit these entries, you must select Hidden text.

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. On the View tab, under Show, click to select the Field codes check box
3. Under Formatting marks, click to select the Hidden text check box. Click OK.