Error! No table of contents entries found.-Help

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jack

I have word 2000 sp3. Have been editing a document and creating TOC
using styles for the last few days. Today when recreating the TOC, I
got the message Error! No table of contents entries found
and have been unable to create an index.

I have gone to MSoft to review my updates, and confirmed I have latest
updates and patches.

Has anyone got some ideas how to resolve this? I did see 1 MSoft
article about separator characters and regional settings - but these
are (, comma) and have been working for the last month.

I 'm sure this has happened to others but have found nothing.

TIA
jack
 
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Charles Kenyon

It sounds like you recreated the TOC using TC fields rather than headings.
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jack

Charles,

I am recreating the TOC using
INSERT
STYLES ( I am using custom styles head 1 head 2 and head 3)
and DELETE current TOC (but now there isn't a current TOC)

WORD is not keeping my styles assignments. It used to??

I have just tried copying part of doc to new doc and create TOC for the
partial doc. It works????

jack
 
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Charles Kenyon

Insert > Styles? I'm lost.

Try copying the TOC from your scratch document into the problem one. Update
the Field (F9).
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

To build a TOC based on custom styles, you must explicitly select them in
the Options dialog unless you have assigned outline levels to the styles.
See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/TOCTips.htm

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jack

Suzanne, Charles
That is exactly what I do, and have been doing.

Insert >Table of Contents
In options --- assign head 1 to TOC 1, head 2 to TOC 2 and Head 3 to
TOC 3.

At this point I am assinging the head 1 to TOC 1 etc everytime I try to
create the Table of Contents. Previously, these assignments were made
once and then they appeared in the Options list?
 
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jack

Charles,
I did take the partial TOC and copied it to my full document.

Then saved the file, then tried to recreate the TOC -- same error
message.
???
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

You shouldn't have to "create" a TOC more than once; after that you just
update it using F9. But yes, every time you "create" it you have to set
these options over again.

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jack

Suzanne, Charles

Thank you for your comments. I have added the links you provided to my
favorites.

Suzanne, I looked at the WORD MVP FAQ site and found a mechanism to
"fix" a corrupt WORD document (which is my suspicion). .

Here is the material :
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
How can I fix a corrupt document?
If using Word 2000 or Above:
Select File + Save As Web page, quit Word, reopen the htm file and save
it back in Word format - that usually (but not always) gets rid of
corruptions. The HTML/XML format forces Word to completely re-create
the internal structure of the document, either fixing or discarding the
corrupt bits when it does. Best of all, in the case of Word 2000 and
above, almost all of the formatting and page layout is preserved.
Please note: to preserve your formatting, you must select the plain
Save As "Web Page" option
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


I saved my current document as a webpage, then immediately saved it
back as a .doc
I am now able to insert the index. Don't know if its a fix or a
temporary symptom cure only, but will proceed. "Fixing a potential
corrupt WORD doc" seems to have worked for the moment.

Thank you for your assistance.

jack
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Note, too, that if you have Word 2003 (or 2002?), you can use Open and
Repair.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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