Hi TechWriterJim

Do Alt-F9 so you can see the field codes rather than the field results. And,
click the ¶ button on the toolbar so you can see empty paragraphs and the
section breaks.

Now, make sure your document looks something like this:

{ TOC whatever switches here }¶
¶
¶=====Section break here=====
1. Chapter 1 heading ¶

Note that if the end of your TOC just fits on a page, that empty paragraph
mark might turn up on a page of its own. To reduce the possibility of that,
format it as 1pt like this:

{ TOC whatever switches here }¶
¶**format this paragraph mark as 1pt**
¶=====Section break here=====
1. Chapter 1 heading ¶


Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"TechWriterJim" wrote in message
...
Here's my template/document setup:
Cover page
section break, odd page
Table of Contents (it is a long document and the TOC covers several
pages)
section break, odd page
First body page, starting with Heading1. Heading1 includes "page break
before"

This works fine until I replace the TOC (Insert/Reference/Index and
Tables/Table of Contents) to reflect revisions. The replacement removes
the
following section break and any other breaks on that page. Workarounds I
have
tried:
1.) Manually insert several paragraph breaks between TOC and section
break before performing replacement. But all of these lines are removed.
Same
if adding extra non-paragraph line breaks, column breaks, etc.
2.) Manually define TOC, being careful not to define extra paragraph
breaks or section break. On manual delete, all of these lines are removed.
3.) Also, after replacement, sometimes the "page break before" setting
for Heading1 is ignored and Heading1 appears immediately following the TOC
on
the same page.

Manually adding the page break after each replacement causes repagination,
so then the page numbers in the TOC are wrong.

Environment: Windows XP Pro w/ SP2, Office/Word 2003 w/ SP1