WD98: TOC Shows Backslash Instead of Quotation Marks (227221)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q227221 SYMPTOMS
When you create a table of contents entry field (that is, a TC field) that
contains quoted material at the end of the TC field, the table of contents
shows the entry concluding with a backslash (\) rather than a set of quotation
marks as its final character.
This behavior occurs when the "Straight quotes" with "smart quotes" option is not selected (on the Tools menu, point to AutoCorrect, click the AutoFormat As You Type tab, and look under "Replace as you type").
For example, the following item in the document
Use of the Phrase "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
appears in the TC field as
{TC "Use of the Phrase \"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.\" "}
and appears in the table of contents as:
Use of the Phrase "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.\
WORKAROUND
Place a period between the final two sets of quotation marks.
{TC "Use of the Phrase \"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.\"."}
MORE INFORMATION
The backslashes in the field indicate to Word that the quotation marks are
to appear in the table of contents and that they do not indicate the end of
the material. If the backslashes are not present, the text that appears in
the table of contents ends with the second set of quotation marks. In the above
example,
Use of the Phrase
would appear in the table of contents.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/4/2002 |
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| Keywords: | kbprb KB227221 |
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