Word – How to display two headings on a single table of contents line in MS Word

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I am using MS Word 365 on Windows 10. Below is a sample two line heading to be used on the top of the first page of each chapter:

Chapter One 
The Journey Begins

The first heading is applied to the text "Chapter 1". The second heading is applied to the text "The Journey Begins".

So basically the first page of each chapter is to have a chapter number using a heading such as Heading_1 followed by a second line with its text using Heading_2.

What I need is for the two headings to be shown in the table of contents on the same line (Desired Effect):

Chapter One - The Journey Begins .................. 1

The problem is the table contents ends up listing the headings as follows:

Chapter One ........................................1

    The Journey Begins.............................1

How can I get the format for the listed chapters to show like the desired effect above? Thanks in advance.

Best Answer

Insert a TC field at the beginning of each chapter. Press Alt+Shift+O, and type the combination of heading text as you want it to appear in the TOC (e.g., Chapter One – The Journey Begins). The level should automatically be set to 1. Click Mark.

(If you're comfortable working with field codes, you can include STYLEREF fields inside each TC field, so that the text from each pair of headings is automatically pulled in for you. That way, you don't have to manually type the text in each TC field and manually update it if you later decide to change the chapter number and/or title. You can also copy and paste the field to each subsequent chapter after you've created it for the first chapter.)

Then insert a custom TOC that's built from field codes. On the References tab, click Table of Contents > Custom Table of Contents, click Options, and then select the Table entry fields check box, clearing the Styles check box (assuming you don't want non-chapter headings included in the TOC).

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