WD97: Macro to Create Table of Contents Entry Automatically

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

The following macro example allows you to designate selected text as a table of contents entry without removing the text from the body of the document and without having to type the table of contents entry twice.

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   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

Table of Contents entries or TC fields are automatically formatted as hidden text. To edit these entries, you must select either Show All or Hidden Text. To do this, do the following:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.

2. On the View tab, click to select Field Codes.

3. Click to select the Hidden Text check box.

   TC

For more information about adding a command to a menu, click Contents And Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Word Help, type the following text

   menus, commands

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q70996
   TITLE     : WD: Macro to Create Table of Contents Entry Automatically

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163547
   TITLE     : WD97: How to Create Custom Toolbars and Toolbar Buttons

   ARTICLE-ID: Q173707
   TITLE     : OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for 
               Applications