
To hide the style from the TOC, remove the number from the TOC field corresponding to this style and leave the field blank. Heading 1, instead of the predefined level 1, find the style inĪvailable styles, and then type 2 in the field next to it. In the TOC level fields set the outline level for each heading style that you want to show in TOC.ĮXAMPLE To set the Outline level 2 for the built-in system style In the Table of Contents dialog window, on the Table of Contents tab, clickĤ. In the Field dialog window scroll to the TOC field name, and then clickģ. To specify what styles should be included into the TOC and set their outline level in TOC:ġ. Right click the TOC, and then select Edit. I'd leave this instruction for the TOC for historic purposes.

However, for some reason, heading structure in the Navigation pane does not copy that in the table of contents. Thank you for your suggestion. As Charles has noted, I wanted to get the outlined structure in the Navigation pane. When you are creating a TOC, just specify which styles should have which levels. But you can change the level at which the heading appears in a table of contents. Well this is the world we live in And these are the hands we're given.Īs Charles has said, you can't modify the "Outline level" for a built-in heading style. What's the matter with not being able to set the outline level? In my case the Outline level list is either inactive, as in the figure below, or independent of what I select, the level resets after I reopen the In the Modify Style dialog window, slick the Format expanding button, and then select In the Styles pane, click Heading 1, and then select Modify.ģ. On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click dialog launcher to open theĢ. Level to show in the gallery list, select Level 2, and then click OK to apply changes.ġ.

In the Define new Multilevel list dialog window, in the Heading 1 style, and then select Adjust list indents.Ģ. Right-click the automatically assigned number in the heading with the I set Level 2 for Heading 1, but when I reopen the properties, I see that that setting reverts to Level 1.ġ. I've tried the following two approaches, but non helped.
