[dhogan]

I am using Word 2003, have my own styles, able to select them in the
Table of Contents Options dialog box - and able to select the custom
TOC levels. No problems with this.

However, I am tired of having to edit the TOC level whenever I change
something such as tabs, number of levels - when I have to regenerate
the table of contents. Is there a way to have my own TOC levels "stick"
versus the default Heading 1, etc. levels continue to override my
levels? I am constantly deleting the default levels and adding my own.