LowerHeadingLevel Property

Returns or sets the ending heading level for a table of contents or table of figures. Corresponds to the ending value used with the \o switch for a Table of Contents (TOC) field. Read/write Long.

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