Right align page numbers greyed-out in TOC (2000 (all releases?))

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Recently (not sure when) … I’m having trouble using Insert/Index and Tables/Table of Contents … in that mysteriously the check-box labeled Right-align page numbers is greyed-out (I’ve included a screen-shot at the end of this message to demonstrate what I’m talking about).

FYI — I’m attempting to create a Table of Contents from the TOC styles (i.e., “From template”) using Heading styles for each level …

I’ve done a quick search here, on Google, and on MS to no avail.

Anybody have a clue and/or advice?

Thanks.

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Allen, I notice that your TOC1 style has a centered alignment in the illustration in the dialog. If I use the Modify… button to center align my TOC1 style, my right-align checkbox also becomes grayed out. Changing it back fixes it, but of course, if you wanted it centered….

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Thanks that did it.

This is really interesting in that the document template I’m using is our agencies “standard” template for reports that has as far as I know always worked before w/o the left justify revision … but the last time I used it extensively was with Office 97 … so this may have been some “feature” added to 2000. FYI – the Centering for TOC1 was due to having it have more-or-less the same format as Heading 1 style (i.e., Heading 1 + Font: 10 pt , etc.), and since Heading 1 was centered so was TOC1 … which seems to force the issue for the entire TOC.

Thanks again.

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I’m so glad this thread is still accessible 22 years later! I’ve spend much more time than I’d like to admit trying to resolve this issue. Thank you, sir!

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