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sophied452
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Mar 23, 2022

table of contents not updating

I have a 90 page document in word 365 on a sharepoint. All of a sudden my table of contents are not being updated. I can't see anything out of the ordinary that would cause this to happen. I tried co...
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    Stefan_Blom
    Mar 25, 2022

    sophied452 

     

    Converting to plain text format will of course remove all corruption. However, it is a drastic step which may require a lot of reformatting afterwards. 

     

    If you ever see something similar in the future, try copying all the content, minus the final paragraph mark (¶) of the document, into a new, blank document and see if it overcomes the issue. 

     

    To show/hide nonprinting marks (including paragraph marks), click the ¶ on the Home tab.

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Stefan_Blom
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sophied452 

 

Converting to plain text format will of course remove all corruption. However, it is a drastic step which may require a lot of reformatting afterwards. 

 

If you ever see something similar in the future, try copying all the content, minus the final paragraph mark (¶) of the document, into a new, blank document and see if it overcomes the issue. 

 

To show/hide nonprinting marks (including paragraph marks), click the ¶ on the Home tab.

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sophied452
Copper Contributor
Mar 25, 2022
No Clue why that worked but it worked right away! Table of contents is now updating properly. Stefan_Blom you totally made my week.

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