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How to stop TOC heading being a numbered item

Hi

When I create a TOC for a word document (Word 2013), that has numbered headings, word automatically makes the TOC heading itself heading number 1. It then renumbers my other sections starting from 2. See imagebelow fro example:

What I want is to suppress the number in the TOC heading and start the following section numbers from 1. Can't figure out how to do this and would really appreciate some help.

Thanks

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Make sure that the TOC heading is not a numbered heading. For example, you can apply the built-in TOC Heading style (but you should modify it to suit your needs).
Stefan Blom
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Last updated February 23, 2024 Views 183 Applies to: