In that case, I have no explanation, but you might try disabling "Outline
levels" because there's a good chance Word has assigned an outline level to
your formatting (as you would see if you displayed the Document Map).

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"Cheryl" wrote in message
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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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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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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