I need help with highlighting. When I click in the exisiting Table of
Contents to update it, it highlights the Table of Contents plus the first 3
chapters of my document. Then when I click OK to update, it deletes the TOC
(which I expect) and my first three chapters (which doesn't make me happy).
HELP!!! I have tried turning highlighting off and it doesn't work. I have to
get this 261 page document out by tomorrow. This just started happening.

I'm using Word 2003 SP2 with Windows XP.

Thanks.

You have somehow managed to get the first three chapters of your document
inside the TOC field. Press Alt+F9 to display the TOC field code. Select the
text of your first three chapters and cut and paste it outside the field.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"totoandme" wrote in message
...
I need help with highlighting. When I click in the exisiting Table of
Contents to update it, it highlights the Table of Contents plus the first
3
chapters of my document. Then when I click OK to update, it deletes the
TOC
(which I expect) and my first three chapters (which doesn't make me
happy).
HELP!!! I have tried turning highlighting off and it doesn't work. I have
to
get this 261 page document out by tomorrow. This just started happening.

I'm using Word 2003 SP2 with Windows XP.

Thanks.

You were exactly right...and you helped me fix the problem. Thank you so much.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You have somehow managed to get the first three chapters of your document
inside the TOC field. Press Alt+F9 to display the TOC field code. Select the
text of your first three chapters and cut and paste it outside the field.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"totoandme" wrote in message
...
I need help with highlighting. When I click in the exisiting Table of
Contents to update it, it highlights the Table of Contents plus the first
3
chapters of my document. Then when I click OK to update, it deletes the
TOC
(which I expect) and my first three chapters (which doesn't make me
happy).
HELP!!! I have tried turning highlighting off and it doesn't work. I have
to
get this 261 page document out by tomorrow. This just started happening.

I'm using Word 2003 SP2 with Windows XP.

Thanks.

Glad that worked. I've never gotten quite that much inside a TOC field, but
it's very easy to get *something* inside it (a page or section break, for
example). For this reason I am always careful to insert an empty paragraph
after the TOC and insert any text or page/section break after that
paragraph.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"totoandme" wrote in message
...
You were exactly right...and you helped me fix the problem. Thank you so
much.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You have somehow managed to get the first three chapters of your
document
inside the TOC field. Press Alt+F9 to display the TOC field code. Select
the
text of your first three chapters and cut and paste it outside the
field.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"totoandme" wrote in message
...
I need help with highlighting. When I click in the exisiting Table of
Contents to update it, it highlights the Table of Contents plus the
first
3
chapters of my document. Then when I click OK to update, it deletes
the
TOC
(which I expect) and my first three chapters (which doesn't make me
happy).
HELP!!! I have tried turning highlighting off and it doesn't work. I
have
to
get this 261 page document out by tomorrow. This just started
happening.

I'm using Word 2003 SP2 with Windows XP.

Thanks.

[Subsynthetic]

I have something like that going on but I can't seem to fix it. When I update
the TOC (F9) I lose any page or section breaks between the TOC and my first
section. This messes up my headers, footers, and page numbering for the
entire doc.

I looked at the TOC field code like you suggested and found the weirdest
thing. The TOC field code ending bracket is between the number and name of
the first heading of my doc, like this: 1.0 }Introduction

I tried to create a new "1.0 Introduction" and delete the old one but as
soon as I apply the heading style to the new one I get the same problem.

I hope I'm making sense. This is so frustrating.

Laura


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Glad that worked. I've never gotten quite that much inside a TOC field, but
it's very easy to get *something* inside it (a page or section break, for
example). For this reason I am always careful to insert an empty paragraph
after the TOC and insert any text or page/section break after that
paragraph.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"totoandme" wrote in message
...
You were exactly right...and you helped me fix the problem. Thank you so
much.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You have somehow managed to get the first three chapters of your
document
inside the TOC field. Press Alt+F9 to display the TOC field code. Select
the
text of your first three chapters and cut and paste it outside the
field.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"totoandme" wrote in message
...
I need help with highlighting. When I click in the exisiting Table of
Contents to update it, it highlights the Table of Contents plus the
first
3
chapters of my document. Then when I click OK to update, it deletes
the
TOC
(which I expect) and my first three chapters (which doesn't make me
happy).
HELP!!! I have tried turning highlighting off and it doesn't work. I
have
to
get this 261 page document out by tomorrow. This just started
happening.

I'm using Word 2003 SP2 with Windows XP.

Thanks.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It is usually advisable to press Enter at least a couple of times before
inserting a TOC. A TOC has a wonderful ability to absorb paragraph breaks,
page breaks, even page breaks. Once they get inside the TOC field, all hell
breaks loose, so make sure you isolate/insulate the TOC with at least one
empty paragraph. This is one of the defensible uses of empty paragraphs
because TOC fields seem to be like the tractor beam in the DeathStar!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Subsynthetic" wrote in message
...
I have something like that going on but I can't seem to fix it. When I
update
the TOC (F9) I lose any page or section breaks between the TOC and my
first
section. This messes up my headers, footers, and page numbering for the
entire doc.

I looked at the TOC field code like you suggested and found the weirdest
thing. The TOC field code ending bracket is between the number and name of
the first heading of my doc, like this: 1.0 }Introduction

I tried to create a new "1.0 Introduction" and delete the old one but as
soon as I apply the heading style to the new one I get the same problem.

I hope I'm making sense. This is so frustrating.

Laura


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Glad that worked. I've never gotten quite that much inside a TOC field,
but
it's very easy to get *something* inside it (a page or section break,
for
example). For this reason I am always careful to insert an empty
paragraph
after the TOC and insert any text or page/section break after that
paragraph.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"totoandme" wrote in message
...
You were exactly right...and you helped me fix the problem. Thank you
so
much.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You have somehow managed to get the first three chapters of your
document
inside the TOC field. Press Alt+F9 to display the TOC field code.
Select
the
text of your first three chapters and cut and paste it outside the
field.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"totoandme" wrote in message
...
I need help with highlighting. When I click in the exisiting Table
of
Contents to update it, it highlights the Table of Contents plus
the
first
3
chapters of my document. Then when I click OK to update, it
deletes
the
TOC
(which I expect) and my first three chapters (which doesn't make
me
happy).
HELP!!! I have tried turning highlighting off and it doesn't work.
I
have
to
get this 261 page document out by tomorrow. This just started
happening.

I'm using Word 2003 SP2 with Windows XP.

Thanks.