> There is, I'm afraid, no way to do this automatically. The best you can do
> is to wait until editing is complete and the TOC will not have to be
> updated
> again, then unlink it (Ctrl+Shift+F9) and column-select the page numbers
> (using Alt+drag) and change the font color.
>
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> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
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>
> "Iza Peszek" <peszkes[ at ]optonline.net> wrote in message
> news:%23CY1TcIyGHA.2384[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I am tying to find a way to create a TOC (built from TC entries) that
> shows
> TC entry text in red but leader characters and page numbers in black, e,g,
>
> Chapter 1 ...........................1
> Chapter 2 ...........................2
>
> I was trying to do that with TOC1 styles, but it seems that I can not
> apply
> the style to just a portion of TOC...Also tried to change the color of TC
> fields themselves to red, but they still show in black in the TOC...
> I Word 2002 I can do it (somewhat awkwardly) by creating TOC, selecting
> portion of TOC entries before leader characters, and changing their color
> ,
> then locking the TOC field to prevent automatic updates. But I need to do
> the same in Word 2000, and then I can not select just a portion of TOC -
> the
> whole TOC gets selected.
>
> Obviously I could do it by manually creating each TOC line (without using
> TOC field), but I was hoping to take advantage of the TOC field that
> automatically "gathers" all TC fields
>
> Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated
>
> iza
>