"Char char" styles are created when you apply a paragraph style and
only part of a paragraph is selected; they can also appear when text
is pasted to another document (see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902064/en-us).

However, as far as I know, this problem does not affect what is
included in the table of contents. Instead, the TOC picks up
paragraphs whose Outline Level (in Format | Paragraph) is something
different from "Body Text". This, in turn, can be caused by the
Document Map. A quick fix is to press Alt+F9 to display the TOC field
code, delete the \u switch, update the TOC, and then press Alt+F9
again to hide field codes. For more, see:

Outline Levels and the Document Map
http://daiya.mvps.org/docmap.htm

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Julian Halliday" Julian skrev i
meddelandet ...
Hello. I've seen similar issues to mine addressed here, but none of
them
resolve the problem I have.

I have a fairly basic document (which is, alas, based on another
document
created before I started writing for this client, and which
therefore has a
host of odd styles defined) for which I generate a TOC based on
heading
styles 1-3. When I update the table, large chunks of prose are
included in
it. On visiting those bits of prose, I find that they are formatted
as body
text level. However, when I put the insertion point into one of
these
paragraphs, the style box shows an absurdly long title that includes
multiple
iterations of "Heading 3" and "char char char."

On reapplying Body text, I find that the Heading3 style still
appears. This
is irksome. If I use format painter (I know, not a good tactic
generally,
but...), the results are essentially random -- sometimes formats
copy, other
times not, and in many (though not all)instances the Heading3 style
remains
in place.

Interesting to note that, when I pdf the document, the level 4
headings are
picked up as tags, but none of the problem paragraphs are
bookmarked.

Has anyone a suggestion on what's going on, and how to fix it?

Many thanks

Julian