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Error! No table of contents entries found.-Help
I have word 2000 sp3. Have been editing a document and creating TOC
using styles for the last few days. Today when recreating the TOC, I got the message Error! No table of contents entries found and have been unable to create an index. I have gone to MSoft to review my updates, and confirmed I have latest updates and patches. Has anyone got some ideas how to resolve this? I did see 1 MSoft article about separator characters and regional settings - but these are (, comma) and have been working for the last month. I 'm sure this has happened to others but have found nothing. TIA jack |
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Answer: Error! No table of contents entries found.-Help
Hi Jack,
I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble creating a table of contents in Word 2000. The error message you're seeing usually means that Word can't find any text that has been marked for inclusion in the table of contents. Here are a few things you can try to resolve the issue:
I hope one of these solutions works for you. Let me know if you have any other questions or if there's anything else I can help with.
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Error! No table of contents entries found.-Help
It sounds like you recreated the TOC using TC fields rather than headings.
-- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "jack" wrote in message oups.com... I have word 2000 sp3. Have been editing a document and creating TOC using styles for the last few days. Today when recreating the TOC, I got the message Error! No table of contents entries found and have been unable to create an index. I have gone to MSoft to review my updates, and confirmed I have latest updates and patches. Has anyone got some ideas how to resolve this? I did see 1 MSoft article about separator characters and regional settings - but these are (, comma) and have been working for the last month. I 'm sure this has happened to others but have found nothing. TIA jack |
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Error! No table of contents entries found.-Help
Charles,
I am recreating the TOC using INSERT STYLES ( I am using custom styles head 1 head 2 and head 3) and DELETE current TOC (but now there isn't a current TOC) WORD is not keeping my styles assignments. It used to?? I have just tried copying part of doc to new doc and create TOC for the partial doc. It works???? jack |
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Error! No table of contents entries found.-Help
Insert Styles? I'm lost.
Try copying the TOC from your scratch document into the problem one. Update the Field (F9). -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "jack" wrote in message oups.com... Charles, I am recreating the TOC using INSERT STYLES ( I am using custom styles head 1 head 2 and head 3) and DELETE current TOC (but now there isn't a current TOC) WORD is not keeping my styles assignments. It used to?? I have just tried copying part of doc to new doc and create TOC for the partial doc. It works???? jack |
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Error! No table of contents entries found.-Help
To build a TOC based on custom styles, you must explicitly select them in
the Options dialog unless you have assigned outline levels to the styles. See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/TOCTips.htm -- 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. "jack" wrote in message oups.com... Charles, I am recreating the TOC using INSERT STYLES ( I am using custom styles head 1 head 2 and head 3) and DELETE current TOC (but now there isn't a current TOC) WORD is not keeping my styles assignments. It used to?? I have just tried copying part of doc to new doc and create TOC for the partial doc. It works???? jack |
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Error! No table of contents entries found.-Help
Suzanne, Charles
That is exactly what I do, and have been doing. Insert Table of Contents In options --- assign head 1 to TOC 1, head 2 to TOC 2 and Head 3 to TOC 3. At this point I am assinging the head 1 to TOC 1 etc everytime I try to create the Table of Contents. Previously, these assignments were made once and then they appeared in the Options list? |
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Error! No table of contents entries found.-Help
Charles,
I did take the partial TOC and copied it to my full document. Then saved the file, then tried to recreate the TOC -- same error message. ??? |
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Error! No table of contents entries found.-Help
You shouldn't have to "create" a TOC more than once; after that you just
update it using F9. But yes, every time you "create" it you have to set these options over again. -- 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. "jack" wrote in message oups.com... Suzanne, Charles That is exactly what I do, and have been doing. Insert Table of Contents In options --- assign head 1 to TOC 1, head 2 to TOC 2 and Head 3 to TOC 3. At this point I am assinging the head 1 to TOC 1 etc everytime I try to create the Table of Contents. Previously, these assignments were made once and then they appeared in the Options list? |
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Error! No table of contents entries found.-Help
Suzanne, Charles
Thank you for your comments. I have added the links you provided to my favorites. Suzanne, I looked at the WORD MVP FAQ site and found a mechanism to "fix" a corrupt WORD document (which is my suspicion). . Here is the material : +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How can I fix a corrupt document? If using Word 2000 or Above: Select File + Save As Web page, quit Word, reopen the htm file and save it back in Word format - that usually (but not always) gets rid of corruptions. The HTML/XML format forces Word to completely re-create the internal structure of the document, either fixing or discarding the corrupt bits when it does. Best of all, in the case of Word 2000 and above, almost all of the formatting and page layout is preserved. Please note: to preserve your formatting, you must select the plain Save As "Web Page" option +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ I saved my current document as a webpage, then immediately saved it back as a .doc I am now able to insert the index. Don't know if its a fix or a temporary symptom cure only, but will proceed. "Fixing a potential corrupt WORD doc" seems to have worked for the moment. Thank you for your assistance. jack |
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Error! No table of contents entries found.-Help
Note, too, that if you have Word 2003 (or 2002?), you can use Open and
Repair. -- 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. "jack" wrote in message oups.com... Suzanne, Charles Thank you for your comments. I have added the links you provided to my favorites. Suzanne, I looked at the WORD MVP FAQ site and found a mechanism to "fix" a corrupt WORD document (which is my suspicion). . Here is the material : +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- How can I fix a corrupt document? If using Word 2000 or Above: Select File + Save As Web page, quit Word, reopen the htm file and save it back in Word format - that usually (but not always) gets rid of corruptions. The HTML/XML format forces Word to completely re-create the internal structure of the document, either fixing or discarding the corrupt bits when it does. Best of all, in the case of Word 2000 and above, almost all of the formatting and page layout is preserved. Please note: to preserve your formatting, you must select the plain Save As "Web Page" option +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------+ I saved my current document as a webpage, then immediately saved it back as a .doc I am now able to insert the index. Don't know if its a fix or a temporary symptom cure only, but will proceed. "Fixing a potential corrupt WORD doc" seems to have worked for the moment. Thank you for your assistance. jack |
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