Help! I have a Table of Contents (TOC) in my document that upon every
update reinserts an extraneous tab stop that I have to delete (CTRL-Q
works). I am using Word 2003, SP-3.

The stop shows up about 1.1 inches from the left, coincidentally the
same spot the TOC 3 style has the first tab (correctly placed).
Problem is one line is so short that this extraneous tab catches the
page number rather than the intended tab stop that's aligned with the
right margin. I have looked at the TOC 1 style and it does not show
the tab, and I have looked where one creates the TOC and can modify the
TOC 1-9 styles, and verified the TAB stop is NOT there either. WHERE
is this tab coming from and why does it keep reappearing?

I read the MVPS document about "Jason Tabs" but it did not change
anything. Note I am not using header styles but TOC entry fields.