Yes, I was afraid you were going at this backward and trying to modify the
TOC entries directly (which you can't do) rather than the headings
themselves.
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"Kate" wrote in message
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Because I need to have all the TOC entries Times New Roman 12-pt, with no
bold or italic. I guess I could modify the Heading 2 style, right?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

TOC styles are set to update automatically, though I find this is more
dependable for paragraph than for character styles; still, I wonder if
the
TOC style could have picked up the italics. If you have done everything
just
as you describe it, including updating the entire TOC, then I can't
explain
what you're seeing.

BTW, is there some reason you're not just using Heading 2 for your Level
2
subheads?

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"Kate" wrote in message
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OK, I created a new style called Level 2 Subhead that's based on
Normal
plus
italic, double-spaced. I manually removed the italic from the first
few
subheads, and then, in the Style formatting pane, I selected each
subhead
and
clicked Clear Formatting, and then clicked Level 2 Subhead. I did this
for
a
few TOC entries, and then updated the entire TOC and looked at it in
Print
Preview, but the entries that I designated Level 2 Subhead still show
up
italic. Do you have any more suggestions? Thank you!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You must include the italic formatting as part of the heading style.
If
it
is applied as direct formatting, it will show up in the TOC.

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"Kate" wrote in message
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I have a Word doc in which some subheads must be italic, but I
don't
want
them to be italic in the TOC. How do I make them different?
Thanks!