table of contents

[CarolZ]

I have created a 2-level table of contents for a document. In proofing my
work, I noticed that one of the subsections is not listed in the TOC. I have
tried updating the TOC and deleting, then recreating the TOC but the
subsection is still missed. I have gone back in to the document to check
the formatting, retyping the information, starting just before and ending a
few lines after the missing title for this subsection without any success.
Because it appears at the top of a new page and the section before it ends
right at the bottom margin of the previous page, I have even tried entering a
page break, but still can not get the missing subsection title to appear in
the TOC. The program won't let me type the missing subsection in the TOC and
format it to match the rest of the TOC. What do I do?

 

[DeanH]

You say "to check the formatting", does this also mean you checked that this
subsection heading has the correct "style", presumably Heading 2?, applied.

As you probably know TOCs are created from Styles that you have assigned to
that TOC. By default the TOC will look for the built-in Heading 1, Heading 2
styles.
What may need to be done is to go back to basics and start again.

Go back to the sub-section heading, select all the text for the heading PLUS
the paragraph mark at the end of the text. Press Ctrl+Spacebar (or
Ctrl+Shft+Z if you have Chinese anywhere on your system) to remove any manual
formatting, Ctrl+Shft+N to revert to Normal style, then deselect the text
and just place the cursor somewhere in the text of the sub-heading, now apply
the Heading 2 style that you are using (tip Ctrl+Alt+2 will apply the
biult-in Heading 2 style).
Know refresh the TOC and hopefully it will appear.

For usual tips and basic information on TOCs see the following articles.
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/TOCTips.htm
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html

Hope this helps
DeanH