Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Word .docx formatting in Libre Office

Hello Rob, 

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:36:39 +0100
Rob Harriman <rob.harriman@btinternet.com> wrote:

> Hi Tom,
> Thanks to you and the others who responded to my query. It made 
> interesting reading.
> As suggested below I have installed Libre Office 3.4.2 in parallel with 
> the default version of LO supplied under Ubuntu 11.04.
> I understand that things aren't always going to be right with .docx 
> files so I have taken the thesis document I'm currently interested in 
> and have converted it to .doc as suggested.
> Now when I look at this in LO (either version) it is not picking up all 
> of the Table of Content entries. The original TOC was set up to pick up 
> all Heading 1 through Heading 4 entries.
> I have tried using Tools - Outline Numbering - Numbering to define 
> Heading 1 through Heading 4 entries, but this appears to have made no 
> difference. Can anyone suggest what I should be using here please, or 
> how I use this process to get these headings picked up?
> Also does this mean that I have to set this each time I look at 
> different documents or is there a way of setting LO so that it 
> automatically picks up all headers e.g 1 through 9 as a matter of course.
> Basically I am not really sure what Tools - Outline Numbering is 
> supposed to do, or what the thinking is behind how TOCs are handled in LO.
> Can anyone enlighten me please?

If I remember correctly, the default setting in LibreOffice (and OpenOffice.org) is that only 
headings 1 to 3 are considered for the table of contents. It is possible to change this. You will 
find a much better description for this in here: 
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/cgi_img_auth.php/9/9b/0212WG3-TOCsIndexesBiblios.odt

Using Tools > Outline Numbering > Numbers only affects how your headings are displayed, e. g. do 
they have a number or not. 
Something like 
1 First chapter
2 Second chapter
2.1 First sub chapter
2.2 Second sub chapter 

and so on... It does not have any effect on which headings appear in your TOC. 

Hope I could help a bit. 

Sigrid

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