Hello Regina

With my work for LO user guides, I simply update the ToC after making
changes and I had never created from a ToC from scratch. I wanted to create
a ToC for a small document for myself and this is where the confusion
started.

The process for creating  ToC is not very clear and, in my opinion, does not
follow the practice used in several office software packages., that is
simply selecting the headings to be included in the ToC. In Version 4.4 of
LO you cannot do this.

When you go to Insert > Indexes and Tables > Indexes and Tables to open  the
Insert Index/Table dialog, you will logically click on the tab for Styles so
you can select styles for inclusion in a ToC. For example, select Level 1
then select Heading 1 style and you cannot move the Heading 1 style into
Level 1 for a ToC. This is the way I have created a ToC using other office
software.

It appears you can select Heading 1 style and so on by selecting Additional
Styles on the Index/Table page. However, I am not sure that this works 100%.
Alternatively, you go to Tools > Outline Numbering and use this dialog to
assign your styles to the appropriate level and position in a ToC (this info
is in Writer Help and not easy to find).

Both of these methods is, in my opinion, an unnecessary step when creating a
ToC. I think the Writer software should be modified so that you simply
select the styles you want to use on the Styles page in Insert Index/Table
dialog. If you can pass this thought onto the development team, I would
appreciate it.

Regards

PeterS



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