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TableOfContents.LowerHeadingLevel property (Word)

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Returns or sets the ending heading level for a table of contents or table of figures. Read/write Long.

Syntax

expression. LowerHeadingLevel

expression Required. A variable that represents a 'TableOfContents' collection.

Remarks

This property corresponds to the ending value used with the \o switch for a Table of Contents (TOC) field. Use the UpperHeadingLevel property to set the starting heading level. For example, to set the TOC field syntax {TOC \o "1-3"}, set the LowerHeadingLevel property to 3 and the UpperHeadingLevel property to 1.

Example

This example formats the first table of contents in the active document to show entries formatted with the Heading 2, Heading 3, and Heading 4 styles.

If ActiveDocument.TablesOfContents.Count >= 1 Then 
 With ActiveDocument.TablesOfContents(1) 
 .UseHeadingStyles = True 
 .UpperHeadingLevel = 2 
 .LowerHeadingLevel = 4 
 End With 
End If

See also

TableOfContents Object

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