I am trying to write the table of contents for my dissertation, but when I
try to use the Insert-Index-Table of Contents thing, as the tutorial
describes, I get this error every time, regardless of how much I try and
manipulate my text.

Error! No table of contents entries found.

I don't understand what would be causing this. Any ideas? It works when I
type in gibberish, but when I type in my table of contents information, it
gets me everytime.
Thanks

Do you have heading styles in your document? Or have you set the Table of
Contents Options to pick up the styles you're using for headings? See
http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Jonyla J." Jonyla wrote in message
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I am trying to write the table of contents for my dissertation, but when I
try to use the Insert-Index-Table of Contents thing, as the tutorial
describes, I get this error every time, regardless of how much I try and
manipulate my text.

Error! No table of contents entries found.

I don't understand what would be causing this. Any ideas? It works when
I
type in gibberish, but when I type in my table of contents information, it
gets me everytime.
Thanks

I do have heading styles in my document. And the table of contents options
are supposed to pick them up. I also tried following the whole tutorial you
presented, to no avail. It still has the same error. I will keep tinkering
with it, in hopes it will respond.
Thank you for your help though.
Jonyla

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Do you have heading styles in your document? Or have you set the Table of
Contents Options to pick up the styles you're using for headings? See
http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Jonyla J." Jonyla wrote in message
...


I am trying to write the table of contents for my dissertation, but when I
try to use the Insert-Index-Table of Contents thing, as the tutorial
describes, I get this error every time, regardless of how much I try and
manipulate my text.

Error! No table of contents entries found.

I don't understand what would be causing this. Any ideas? It works when
I
type in gibberish, but when I type in my table of contents information, it
gets me everytime.
Thanks

Are your headings in text boxes, by any chance? Word can't see text in text
boxes. If you have a legitimate need to wrap the headings, convert the text
boxes to frames.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Jonyla J." wrote in message
...
I do have heading styles in my document. And the table of contents
options
are supposed to pick them up. I also tried following the whole tutorial
you
presented, to no avail. It still has the same error. I will keep
tinkering
with it, in hopes it will respond.
Thank you for your help though.
Jonyla

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Do you have heading styles in your document? Or have you set the Table
of
Contents Options to pick up the styles you're using for headings? See
http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Jonyla J." Jonyla wrote in message
...


I am trying to write the table of contents for my dissertation, but
when I
try to use the Insert-Index-Table of Contents thing, as the tutorial
describes, I get this error every time, regardless of how much I try
and
manipulate my text.

Error! No table of contents entries found.

I don't understand what would be causing this. Any ideas? It works
when
I
type in gibberish, but when I type in my table of contents
information, it
gets me everytime.
Thanks