How to EDIT an existing table of contents, NOT update it or create a new one

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How to EDIT an existing table of contents, NOT update it or create a new one

Michael D Bailey 5

I set three simple levels in my Table of Contents using Styles {Heading 1}, {Heading 2} and {Heading 3}. However, the table only shows Heading 1. I'm an experienced Word user but this problem takes the cake. The table is properly defined using Styles but even after repeatedly updating the entire table I'm still only seeing Heading 1/chapter title.

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Michael D Bailey 5

I dug deeper into the Styles and found the problem. One of the Styles had a spelling error in the name, which didn't match the system directory. This was complicated by the fact that the document itself is in Spanish while my user interface is English. I'm not fluent, but I read and write Latin American Spanish at an intermediate level. Thank you.

Stefan Blom 335.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2025-11-20T08:03:11.72+00:00

Thanks for the follow-up. As you may already know, the style names are localized which means that the TOC field code may not work depending on the document language. If possible, use { TOC \o "1-3" } which will always reference styles with the indicated outline levels (such as Heading 1–Heading 3 in this example).

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John Korchok 230.3K Volunteer Moderator

Please feel free to upload a sample file that shows the issue to a cloud service. Then post a share link here, so we can take a closer look at your file. Thanks!

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