LowerHeadingLevel Property

Microsoft Word Visual Basic

expression.LowerHeadingLevel

expression    Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Remarks

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