[DeanH]

Never type directly in the TOC, as when it is refresh (entire table) all
edits and formatting will be removed.
Go to the actual heading itself and do the edits there.
Show/Hide button does not actually show the Fields, Shift+F9 will toggle the
view of fields, or under Tools, Options, View check the Field Codes box (for
2003 and prior, 2007 under Word options I believe).
From your description, the Appendix headings in the TOC have different
formatting from the other TOC items, this is usually because the Heading in
the document has manually formatting applied, for example Bold which is not
part of the style used.
Go to the heading in the document, select the entire heading then press
Ctrl+Spacebar (or Ctrl+Z) to return to the formatting settings of the style
assigned.
So long as the Appendix headings style is the same as the Heading style, and
the TOC styles are the same, then your TOC will look better once refreshed.

Hope this helps
DeanH


"VickiAGO" wrote:

I am updating a manual that was created by someone else and then passed on to
me through several different computers. There is a Table of Contents, and
the Appendix part of the Table of Contents appears to have different
formatting than the rest of the Table of Contents. I can update the page
numbers in the Table of Contents by hitting the F9 button, but when I click
on the show/hide button, none of the bracketed fields show up in the document
itself. I need to update a few of the Table of Contents headings (the
appendices in particular) within the document. If I try, out of desperation,
to type changes directly into the Table of Contents the spacing doesn't look
right. Is there a way I can update the Table of Contents when the fields
don't show up in the document?

[VickiAGO]

I am updating a manual that was created by someone else and then passed on to
me through several different computers. There is a Table of Contents, and
the Appendix part of the Table of Contents appears to have different
formatting than the rest of the Table of Contents. I can update the page
numbers in the Table of Contents by hitting the F9 button, but when I click
on the show/hide button, none of the bracketed fields show up in the document
itself. I need to update a few of the Table of Contents headings (the
appendices in particular) within the document. If I try, out of desperation,
to type changes directly into the Table of Contents the spacing doesn't look
right. Is there a way I can update the Table of Contents when the fields
don't show up in the document?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It's possible the TOC is based on styles or outline levels rather than the
TC fields you're evidently looking for.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"VickiAGO" wrote in message
news
I am updating a manual that was created by someone else and then passed on
to
me through several different computers. There is a Table of Contents, and
the Appendix part of the Table of Contents appears to have different
formatting than the rest of the Table of Contents. I can update the page
numbers in the Table of Contents by hitting the F9 button, but when I
click
on the show/hide button, none of the bracketed fields show up in the
document
itself. I need to update a few of the Table of Contents headings (the
appendices in particular) within the document. If I try, out of
desperation,
to type changes directly into the Table of Contents the spacing doesn't
look
right. Is there a way I can update the Table of Contents when the fields
don't show up in the document?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It's possible the TOC is based on styles or outline levels rather than the
TC fields you're evidently looking for.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"VickiAGO" wrote in message
news
I am updating a manual that was created by someone else and then passed on
to
me through several different computers. There is a Table of Contents, and
the Appendix part of the Table of Contents appears to have different
formatting than the rest of the Table of Contents. I can update the page
numbers in the Table of Contents by hitting the F9 button, but when I
click
on the show/hide button, none of the bracketed fields show up in the
document
itself. I need to update a few of the Table of Contents headings (the
appendices in particular) within the document. If I try, out of
desperation,
to type changes directly into the Table of Contents the spacing doesn't
look
right. Is there a way I can update the Table of Contents when the fields
don't show up in the document?