Can I get the Table of Contents to stop turning blue when updated?

[TriumphWriter2]

Every time I update the table of contents field in my documents, the whole
field turns blue. How do I stop this?

I have seen other instances where Word seems to assume that I want the color
of text to change for some reason (i.e. after forwarding an email, any new
text I enter is a navy color). Is there a way to change this, as it wastes
time when I have to constantly fix it.

Thank you for your help!

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?VHJpdW1waFdyaXRlcjI=?=,

Post by TriumphWriter2
Every time I update the table of contents field in my documents, the whole
field turns blue. How do I stop this?

You should always mention the versin of Office involved in a problem.

I'm guessing that the TOC is showing the entries as hyperlinks. If you press
Alt+F9 to toggle on the field codes, do you see a \h switch in the TOC field?
If you delete that, Alt+F9 again, then update the field does the problem go
away?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ordinarily, however, the hyperlinks, even though they are formatted with the
Hyperlink style (as can be seen by clicking in one of the TOC entries) do
not display the blue color and underline unless you unlink the TOC, so this
is definitely anomalous behavior.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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Post by Cindy M -WordMVP-
Hi =?Utf-8?B?VHJpdW1waFdyaXRlcjI=?=,

Post by TriumphWriter2
Every time I update the table of contents field in my documents, the whole
field turns blue. How do I stop this?

You should always mention the versin of Office involved in a problem.
I'm guessing that the TOC is showing the entries as hyperlinks. If you press
Alt+F9 to toggle on the field codes, do you see a \h switch in the TOC field?
If you delete that, Alt+F9 again, then update the field does the problem go
away?
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org
This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or
reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)

[TriumphWriter2]

The hyperlink thing was helpful, but we actually do want to keep the TOC
entries as links, so that readers can move easily throught the document.

I ended up fixing it by creating a new TOC. I opened Insert -> Reference ->
Index and Tables, and in the TOC tab, chose "Modify." This let me alter each
level of the table, so I changed the font of each to black. When I opened
Index and Tables, all the text showed blue, so there is clearly some sort of
default formatting at work here, but why that should be I do not know.

Again, I thank you both for your help!

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
Ordinarily, however, the hyperlinks, even though they are formatted with the
Hyperlink style (as can be seen by clicking in one of the TOC entries) do
not display the blue color and underline unless you unlink the TOC, so this
is definitely anomalous behavior.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Post by Cindy M -WordMVP-
Hi =?Utf-8?B?VHJpdW1waFdyaXRlcjI=?=,

Post by TriumphWriter2
Every time I update the table of contents field in my documents, the

whole

Post by Cindy M -WordMVP-

Post by TriumphWriter2
field turns blue. How do I stop this?

You should always mention the versin of Office involved in a problem.
I'm guessing that the TOC is showing the entries as hyperlinks. If you

press

Post by Cindy M -WordMVP-
Alt+F9 to toggle on the field codes, do you see a \h switch in the TOC

field?

Post by Cindy M -WordMVP-
If you delete that, Alt+F9 again, then update the field does the problem

go

Post by Cindy M -WordMVP-
away?
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org
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reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Try leaving the font color at Auto. The TOC wizardry may have one of those
"backwards" things that displays blue as black and black as blue. <g>
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

Post by TriumphWriter2
The hyperlink thing was helpful, but we actually do want to keep the TOC
entries as links, so that readers can move easily throught the document.
I ended up fixing it by creating a new TOC. I opened Insert ->

Reference ->

Post by TriumphWriter2
Index and Tables, and in the TOC tab, chose "Modify." This let me alter each
level of the table, so I changed the font of each to black. When I opened
Index and Tables, all the text showed blue, so there is clearly some sort of
default formatting at work here, but why that should be I do not know.
Again, I thank you both for your help!

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
Ordinarily, however, the hyperlinks, even though they are formatted with the
Hyperlink style (as can be seen by clicking in one of the TOC entries) do
not display the blue color and underline unless you unlink the TOC, so this
is definitely anomalous behavior.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Post by Cindy M -WordMVP-
Hi =?Utf-8?B?VHJpdW1waFdyaXRlcjI=?=,

Post by TriumphWriter2
Every time I update the table of contents field in my documents, the

whole

Post by Cindy M -WordMVP-

Post by TriumphWriter2
field turns blue. How do I stop this?

You should always mention the versin of Office involved in a problem.
I'm guessing that the TOC is showing the entries as hyperlinks. If you

press

Post by Cindy M -WordMVP-
Alt+F9 to toggle on the field codes, do you see a \h switch in the TOC

field?

Post by Cindy M -WordMVP-
If you delete that, Alt+F9 again, then update the field does the problem

go

Post by Cindy M -WordMVP-
away?
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org
This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or
reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Suzanne,

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
Ordinarily, however, the hyperlinks, even though they are formatted with the
Hyperlink style (as can be seen by clicking in one of the TOC entries) do
not display the blue color and underline unless you unlink the TOC, so this
is definitely anomalous behavior.

I've seen it. Usually when working with a TOC created in Word 2000 in Word 97.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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