Re: Table of Contents updating with F9

From: Beth Rosengard (bethrosengard_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 04/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 09:44:30 -0700

Hi Emily,

The other way to deal with the problem (as I understand it, not being in OS
X yet) is to assign Expose to another key and reassign F9 to update fields
(or assign any other key combination to update fields). 

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Beth Rosengard
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On 4/19/04 8:30 AM, in article 4083F08F.5080003@yahoo.com, "Emily Force"
<emilyforce@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> SW wrote:
>> I created a table of contents using built-in heading styles.  Word
>> Help says the way to update the page numbers on the table of contents
>> is to place the cursor at the start of the table of contents and press
>> F9.  I use OS X 10.3.2, so when I press F9, Exposé activates and shows
>> all the windows that are open.  Is there another way to update a table
>> of contents, or way to assign Exposé to another function key?
> 
> I was having the same problem yesterday. The only solution I found (but
> one which does seem to work) is to go to Edit > Links..., which shows
> you a list of all the links in your doc, including the ones in the TOC;
> leave the first link highlighted; scroll down to the bottom of the list;
> while holding down "shift," click the final link; and click "Update Now".
> 
> Hope that works for you.
> Emily Force
>