About the TOC, I did some work with a friend a while ago. I used OpenOffice.org Writer and he used Word. I did most of the writing and I also did the TOC thing. To be compatible with Word (since those who would read our document only had Word) I tried to export the whole thing to Word. However, all pictures and stuff made all page breaks wrong so I think there were 2 pages more in Word than in OpenOffice.org and the TOC was simplified in Word format (the same contents, but different formatting). So I opened the document in Word and tried to make it all look exactly as the original OpenOffice.org document. It was IMPOSSIBLE! Especially the TOC. The formatting of the TOC that I needed (or rather WANTED) to do was just impossible in Word, so the reason for OpenOffice.irg to simplify the TOC's formatting was obviously that some features were missing in Word. I even completely removed the TOC in Word and tried to build a new one from scratch, in Word. Still impossible. So I just made the best out of it, so the Word file looked acceptable and then I made a PDF from the original OpenOffice.org file, telling the receivers of the file that they'd better open the PDF and only use the DOC if they need to edit the file.
Maybe Word (2002) could do exactly what I wanted, but in that case it was not very intuitive, because I spent hours and even days trying to figure out how and I still don't know. In OpenOffice.org I figured it out in minutes. So just forget about Word and tell everyone to switch to OpenOffice.orginstead, at least if you really want to do nice TOCs... :) Or do as you want, I don't care. I don't even know why I write this in the first place, I must be nuts. But I just hate when people say that "I have to use this and that because everybody else do" (I know you didn't say that, I am speaking generally now...). I personally hate to do what everybody else do. If they can't read my documents, maybe my documents were not made for them... All they have to do is just to download a free program (not necessarily OpenOffice.org), install and run it. How hard can it be? Just like I start my computer with Windows instead of my default OS (Linux) and download and install PowerPoint Viewer if I really want to view a PowerPoint file that doesn't work in Impress. I can always remove it when I'm done. It's a computer, not a rock. I can just download and install any free software or virus I like (or dislike)... And if my computer gets affected by a virus (which it never will, since I am not THAT kind of idiot), will I die? I don't think so. That could only happen if MY BODY gets infected by a virus... Well, I know that you got tired of reading this shit quite a few lines ago, so I can write whatever I like here... or just stop writing and do something useful instead. J.R. 2007/8/16, Tori Kniss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > We have a group of people that need to collaborate on a single MS Word > doc. It's a large document and the use of the TOC in Word is very > important. We tried Google Apps, but there is no TOC function. Someone > mentioned to me that openoffice is a free tool that we can use. We > really need SharePoint services, but our IT dept. can't implement it > fast enough for us. Please help! > > > > Thank you, > > > > Tori Kniss > > Engineering Administrative Assistant > > > > D R I V E C A M > > 3954 Murphy Canyon Road > > Suite D207 > > San Diego, CA 92123 > > +1 858 380 3050 > > +1 858 380 3063 fax > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > www.drivecam.com <http://www.drivecam.com/> > > > >
