TOC not displaying

[Guest]

I have an odd problem, I have been given a document that has used heading
styles, but when we come to update the TOC, nothing updates and I can't see
why. The first time I tried it asked me if I wanted to overwrite the
existing, but what existing one, there isn't one that I can see.

Can anybody help
Thanks
JulieG

 

[Guest]

What happens if you select the whole document and press F9 (to update fields)?

If you are seeing field codes, such as { TOC \o "1-3" }, instead of fields,
press Alt+F9.

 

[Guest]

Hi

Nothing happens, and I'm not seeing anything but when I update TOC is asks
me if I want to overwrite it? This is so strange I've never had this happen
before,

 

[Guest]

See if the TOC styles have been formatted in hidden text (which seems
unlikely, though not impossible). If that doesn't help, display nonprinting
marks (you can press Ctrl+Shift+8) and copy the text, not including the final
paragraph mark (¶) of the document , into a new file. Does that allow you to
create a TOC that works?

 

[Guest]

Thanks, I copied the text into a new document as suggested, that allowed me
to create a TOC, I copied just the TOC back to the original document and it
nows appears to work. Very strange. But many thanks

JulieG

 

[Guest]

You are welcome.

It seems as if the TOC was somehow damaged.