It's hard to tell what is causing the trouble with the TOC fields. The fact
that master documents tend to corrupt can be relevant here (for more, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/Wh...csCorrupt.htm).
What you can do, after you've updated the fields, is to lock them to prevent
them from changing. Use Ctrl+F11 to lock the fields in the selection. Later,
if/when you want to update them again, press Ctrl+Shift+F11 to unlock and
then update with F9.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"R.Scott" wrote in message
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Im using a Master Document and my TOC (Plus Table of Figures and a
Table of Tables) reside on 1 section and the rest of my document, each
section has its own doc. I open the master document first then expand
the subdocuments. Problem is every time I open it I have to Re-update
the 3 tables. It never keeps the page
numbers correct. Even If I multi save it. the TOC updates fine but I
save and come back and its all 3s or 7s or 12s some such.
I have Reading Layout disabled already
What can i check.