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From: PianoMan on 10 Mar 2010 23:39
Thank you both for the tips.
I had tried shading before but got stuck because I was right-aligning the
text.
It did not occur to me to use indents as a way to shade the entire line!
It works great!
I'l test out the TOC tips as well.



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

> Define the Heading 1 style so that it has the attributes that you want -
> Font color and Paragraph alignment and shading (It is NOT necessary to use a
> text box for the shading, it can be applied to a paragraph)
>
> Use that style ONLY for the headings that you want to appear in the Table of
> Contents and set the Table of Contents so that it is created from the
> Heading 1 style only (rather than the default of Headings 1, 2 and 3.
>
>
>
> --
> Hope this helps.
>
> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
> services on a paid consulting basis.
>
> Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
>
> "PianoMan" <PianoMan(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:69E58422-F66C-44C5-8090-ACD45B9AD5C9(a)microsoft.com...
> > I have a two-part question surrounding TOC and text formatting.
> > THE SCENARIO:
> > I'm trying to create a TOC based on section headings in a manual, but the
> > section headings are actually textboxes rather than text within the
> > document
> > body.
> > To make the TOC process easier, I have converted the document to use
> > Syles.
> > To create a TOC, I think the section headings need to be in Header Style
> > #1.
> >
> > THE PROBLEM:
> > I want the section headings formatted a certain way AND I want the section
> > heading to appear on every page (so you can open the workbook to any page
> > and
> > know what section you are in).
> >
> > QUESTION #1:
> > Can I tell the TOC to ignore redundant headings, or maybe to only pay
> > attention to certain headings?
> >
> > QUESTION #2:
> > If answer to Question #1 is "Yes"...how do I achieve the formatting I want
> > without using a text box? Can this be done using frames from the draw
> > menu--or will frames also give me a problem when I create my TOC?
> >
> > FORMATTING SPECS:
> > I want the section heading to appear like a banner across the top of each
> > page, so that the banner background is black and the right-aligned text is
> > white. I was using a textbox to create this effect, but that prevents me
> > from
> > creating a TOC.
> > I tried the Text Highlighter (highlighted white text with black "marker")
> > but that only puts the black highlight on the text itself--I need the
> > black
> > "banner" to span the width of the page.
> > I have been leary of attempting this with Headers since I did not think
> > you
> > could use headers to create a TOC.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
>
> .
>
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