Re: [libreoffice-users] Table of contents and page numbers

Hi :)
I just right-click on the ToC and the context menu that pops-up has "Update" in it.  Of course i 
then edit my ToC (again) to shorten some of the heading names.  
Regards from
Tom :)  





> ________________________________
> From: Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Friday, 4 January 2013, 3:53
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Table of contents and page numbers
>
> At 13:02 03/01/2013 -0800, Marc Summers wrote:
> > One issue I am running into with Version 3.6.4.3 (Build ID: 2ef5aff) is the page numbers in 
> > conjunction with the table of contents.  The problem is, as I assume others have seen, is that 
> > some times the page numbers do not match with what is listed in the table of contents.
> >
> > For example, I have a large document of about 300 pages some times when I do the insert to 
> > update the table of contents it would show that there are 292 pages but when I go down to the 
> > last page in the document I see only 236.  Then if I do another insert to update the table of 
> > contents then what is in the table matches what the actual page numbers say.
>
> You don't say whether you are updating the table of contents.  (I'm not sure what you can mean by 
> "do the insert to update the table of contents".)
>
> It is asking a bit much for a word processor to go back and check the page references in indexes 
> and tables as you are working: every keystroke could change any page reference.  The processing 
> involved would slow down your work considerably.  After any editing and before you can rely on the 
> integrity of your table of contents, you need to update the table.  Go to Tools | Update >, and 
> then choose from Current Index (if your cursor is in the table of contents), All Indexes and 
> Tables, or Update All.
>
> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker
>
>
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