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TOC doesn't recognize styles

I have written a lengthy document, using the TOC1, TOC2, and TOC3 headings in "styles" to delineate chapters.  The table of contents function worked well for a while to make my TOC, but now it no longer recognizes the titles.  I have tried going through the document and re-designating the titles, but Word 2013 still won't recognize them for the purpose of generating a TOC.  Any suggestions?
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The TOC 1, TOC 2, etc. styles are used by Word to format the entries in the table of contents. For the actual heading paragraphs in the document, use the built-in headings (you can customize their formatting as you wish). See http://shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/tableofcontents.html.

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If you are saying that you have created a TOC successfully and you then edited (the headings of) the document, you have to update the TOC. Click in it and press F9; if prompted, choose to update the whole table.

Did you read the article I linked to? It explains how TOCs work in Word.
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