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If it's just the one document, it might be corrupt. Try saving it as an RTF file and opening that file
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It seems to me that the paragraph style &quot;<b>TOC 1</b>&quot; has been modified in this particular document!
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I forgot to ask. Do the numbers represent different Heading levels, or are they all the same level and the numbering that you show is simply sequential?
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same level headings show up either with or without the &quot;..........&quot; before page numbers
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Is it only the one document? &nbsp;If so can you post it, or a redacted version of it here?
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it's just that one for now - but I'm not sure I can post it (topic/content)
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OK. Have you tried saving it in another format type, such as the .rtf that I suggested earlier? <br />
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I should have explained that when that is done, &nbsp;Word rebuilds the document, so that, with luck, errors in the original build are lost. If it works you can save it again with the .docx format.<br />
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An alternative method is to copy all (Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C) the open document and to paste it to a newly-created blank document.
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will try that when I get to the document again (tomorrow)
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Graham, saving as rtf removes ALL the paragraph styles from the original .docm/.docx document... <br />
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There may also be a problem with the TOC styles in the Normal.dotm/.dotx template.<br />
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This can be verified by copying the TOC paragraph styles <u><b>FROM</b></u> the Normal.dotm/.dotx template <u><b>TO</b></u> the problem document.<br />
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Other problems may arise if the TOC was created using other settings than the default parameters.
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I have tried to save as other file types and updating the ToC in these and finally trying to update the original document - no luck
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How do I copy the paragraph styles?<br />
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ToC was created by standard settings - similar documents are not showing this problem
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<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2014/01_w03/828846/Document-error.PNG" target="_blank" title="Two entries ok and two showing up wrong (4 KB)"><img alt="Two entries ok and two showing up wrong" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 568px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2014/01_w03/828846/Document-error.PNG" /></a><br />
This is how it looks with tab markings shown...<br />
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Will try the new document tip a bit later
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It was a tab marker that was out of place - as soon as I placed it like the other entries in the ToC it showed up right (for both of the malfunctioning entries)
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I have a document with a ToC included - I inserted it using the menu bar item in Word and it creates something like this:<br />
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Heading 1 ................ Page 1<br />
Heading 2 ................ Page 2 <br />
Heading 3 Page 4<br />
Heading 4 ................ Page 5<br />
Heading 5 Page 6<br />
Heading 6 ................ Page 8<br />
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No matter how many times I update the field it stays the same way - adding more text to the title might trigger the correct visual appearance of an entry but I cannot rename all sections to whatever mood Word is in - how can I make sure that it will show the ToC correctly for all entries?
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I have a document with a ToC included - I inserted it using the menu bar item in Word and it creates something like this:

Heading 1 ................ Page 1
Heading 2 ................ Page 2 
Heading 3 Page 4
Heading 4 ................ Page 5
Heading 5 Page 6
Heading 6 ................ Page 8

No matter how many times I update the field it stays the same way - adding more text to the title might trigger the correct visual appearance of an entry but I cannot rename all sections to whatever mood Word is in - how can I make sure that it will show the ToC correctly for all entries?

Table of Contents behaving odd in Word 2013

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