Broken links in Table of Contents

Question

I have a large document (600 pages) that runs slowly, so we have broken it into multiple Word docs. In the main document, I generate a Table of Contents using the tool in Word. In the middle of the Table of Contents, I insert the information manually representing the other documents, but this breaks the links for the remainder of the automatically-generated table of contents. Is there a way to prevent the links to the pages from breaking when inserting sections in the middle of the table?

Answer 1

Sorry, a Table of Contents is created on the fly by a single Word field and editing that manually will break its functionality.

For your scenario, consider using a temporary Master Document to create the Table of Contents, then save result as a PDF. Master documents can assemble a groups of subdocuments for printing or PDF production. Unfortunately, they should never be used long term, as they can easily corrupt the subdocuments. Always use copies of your Word files for the subdocuments. Be sure to delete the master document after PDF creation.

Here's my article about how to safely create a use Master documents, along with a free Word add-in that allows you to automatically create a master and subdocuments from a folder full of Word files: Automated Word Master Documents - Cool Code