Hi Suzanne,

Thanks for your prompt reply. The formatting for the line in question is
"Normal + Centered, Befo 2 pt, After: 2 pt, Line spacing: Exactly 11 pt"

I checked the Table of Contents options and "Styles" and "Outline Levels"
are checked, and the only things that have numbers are Heading 1, Heading 2,
Heading 3, Heading 4, Heading Appendix (all of which I probably creating
according to an article I read on this forum several months ago), and Style
Heading Appendix. Normal definitely does NOT have a number after it.

Cheryl

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Are you sure it is formatted with Normal style and not, say, Title or a
heading style? If you have not disabled "Define styles based on your
formatting," there's a good chance Word has applied some other style based
on your formatting. In the TOC Options dialog, make sure that there is no
number beside Normal.

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"Cheryl" wrote in message
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My table of contents is picking up the first line of my title page, which
is
in "normal" style, not a "heading" style. Why is it doing this, and how
can
I get it to quit doing this?

I am using Word 2003 on a MS Windows 2000 system.

Thank you