table of contents

I have a really messy (possessed) document. I copied alot of the contents
from other outside source and they used section breaks instead of page breaks
throughout. That being said, my Table of Contents shows one of the items
being on page 0.

How do I correct this?

Kelli

Since page numbering can be restarted after a section break, most
likely this is causing your problem. Make sure the insertion point is
in the section where the problematic heading is. On the View menu,
click Header and Footer. On the Header/Footer toolbar, click the
Format Page Number button. Word displays the Page Number Format dialog
box. Is "Start At" set to zero? If it is, change this to the
appropriate value or, if you simply want numbering to continue from
the previous section, make sure you select the "Continue from previous
section" option. Click OK to close the Page Number Format dialog box.
Click Close on the toolbar to return to the main document.

Does this fix the problem?

--
Stefan Blom


"Kelli" wrote in message
...
I have a really messy (possessed) document. I copied alot of the
contents
from other outside source and they used section breaks instead of
page breaks
throughout. That being said, my Table of Contents shows one of the
items
being on page 0.

How do I correct this?

Kelli

Of course, you'll have to update the TOC in order to see your changes!
(You can right-click the TOC field and choose to "Update Field" or,
with the cursor inside the TOC, press F9 on your keyboard.)

--
Stefan Blom


"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
Since page numbering can be restarted after a section break, most
likely this is causing your problem. Make sure the insertion point
is
in the section where the problematic heading is. On the View menu,
click Header and Footer. On the Header/Footer toolbar, click the
Format Page Number button. Word displays the Page Number Format
dialog
box. Is "Start At" set to zero? If it is, change this to the
appropriate value or, if you simply want numbering to continue from
the previous section, make sure you select the "Continue from
previous
section" option. Click OK to close the Page Number Format dialog
box.
Click Close on the toolbar to return to the main document.

Does this fix the problem?

--
Stefan Blom


"Kelli" wrote in message
...
I have a really messy (possessed) document. I copied alot of the
contents
from other outside source and they used section breaks instead of
page breaks
throughout. That being said, my Table of Contents shows one of the
items
being on page 0.

How do I correct this?

Kelli

Hi Stefan

Thank you very much. You were most helpful. Now my TOC is exactly the way it
should be. I'm not familar with section breaks therefore - at this point -
hate them immensely, but I need to keep practicing to become more
comfortable/knowledgeable. Thanks again.

Kelli

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Of course, you'll have to update the TOC in order to see your changes!
(You can right-click the TOC field and choose to "Update Field" or,
with the cursor inside the TOC, press F9 on your keyboard.)

--
Stefan Blom


"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
Since page numbering can be restarted after a section break, most
likely this is causing your problem. Make sure the insertion point
is
in the section where the problematic heading is. On the View menu,
click Header and Footer. On the Header/Footer toolbar, click the
Format Page Number button. Word displays the Page Number Format
dialog
box. Is "Start At" set to zero? If it is, change this to the
appropriate value or, if you simply want numbering to continue from
the previous section, make sure you select the "Continue from
previous
section" option. Click OK to close the Page Number Format dialog
box.
Click Close on the toolbar to return to the main document.

Does this fix the problem?

--
Stefan Blom


"Kelli" wrote in message
...
I have a really messy (possessed) document. I copied alot of the
contents
from other outside source and they used section breaks instead of
page breaks
throughout. That being said, my Table of Contents shows one of the
items
being on page 0.

How do I correct this?

Kelli

I'm glad I could help.

If you want to learn more about sections, see:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...thSections.htm. You'll find
that they are not at all easy to deal with, but sometimes you have
to...

--
Stefan Blom


"Kelli" wrote in message
...
Hi Stefan

Thank you very much. You were most helpful. Now my TOC is exactly
the way it
should be. I'm not familar with section breaks therefore - at this
point -
hate them immensely, but I need to keep practicing to become more
comfortable/knowledgeable. Thanks again.

Kelli

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Of course, you'll have to update the TOC in order to see your
changes!
(You can right-click the TOC field and choose to "Update Field"
or,
with the cursor inside the TOC, press F9 on your keyboard.)

--
Stefan Blom


"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
Since page numbering can be restarted after a section break,
most
likely this is causing your problem. Make sure the insertion
point
is
in the section where the problematic heading is. On the View
menu,
click Header and Footer. On the Header/Footer toolbar, click the
Format Page Number button. Word displays the Page Number Format
dialog
box. Is "Start At" set to zero? If it is, change this to the
appropriate value or, if you simply want numbering to continue
from
the previous section, make sure you select the "Continue from
previous
section" option. Click OK to close the Page Number Format dialog
box.
Click Close on the toolbar to return to the main document.

Does this fix the problem?

--
Stefan Blom


"Kelli" wrote in message
...
I have a really messy (possessed) document. I copied alot of
the
contents
from other outside source and they used section breaks instead
of
page breaks
throughout. That being said, my Table of Contents shows one of
the
items
being on page 0.

How do I correct this?

Kelli