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The heading in your Word document changed, but the table of

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contents still shows the old wording.

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In our fictional practice file, Workshop Overview becomes Registration Steps.

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The check is specific: after updating the entire automatic table,

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Registration Steps should appear in the contents and Workshop Overview

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should be absent from that table.

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This lesson uses desktop Word's documented controls.

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First, check that the contents list is an automatic Word table

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built from Heading styles.

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A list someone typed manually cannot be repaired with the Update Table command.

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The downloadable practice document has an automatic table-of-contents

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field and fictional styled headings.

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If your own document uses manual text, create an automatic table

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from its headings before following the refresh steps.

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In a disposable copy, replace Workshop Overview in the document body with Registration Steps.

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Keep the paragraph's Heading 1 style.

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The table of contents may still show the old wording, because

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its field has not yet been refreshed.

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Do not type directly over the old contents entry; that edits

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a symptom rather than updating the field from the source heading.

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Select the table of contents, then in desktop Word choose References, Update Table.

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When Word offers two choices, select Update entire table.

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Update page numbers only cannot replace stale heading text.

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In a test with this exact practice file, Word for the

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web's Update Table of Contents command remained disabled, so use the

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documented desktop path for the refresh.

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Read the refreshed table of contents, not just the body.

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It should include Registration Steps and no longer include Workshop Overview.

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Then read the body's Heading 1 again.

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These exact strings make the result independently checkable.

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A page number update that leaves the old heading in the

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contents has not solved the problem, even if the document looks otherwise normal.

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If the contents still look stale, check two likely causes.

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You may have chosen Update page numbers only, or the renamed

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paragraph may have lost its Heading style.

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A manually typed list is a different case altogether and needs rebuilding.

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The practice answer sheet names the required field, style, and

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before-and-after strings so you can identify which branch applies.

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Use desktop Word for the final refresh.

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With this practice file, Word for the web displayed the old

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contents but left its Update command disabled; the desktop route here

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follows Microsoft's documented controls.

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In your own copy, select References, Update Table, then Update entire table.

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Confirm Registration Steps appears in the contents and Workshop Overview

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disappears before calling the fix complete.