Table of Contents with Track Changes

I am creating a series of long documents (most are in the 500+ pages range). I use the track changes function to keep track of edits that I make in the documents as changes are published in the original source material. Each document has a Table of Contents.

Here's the problem: When I make a change that requires updating the TOC, track changes records it as an insertion of an entirely new TOC and deletion of the old version. It takes long enough to generate the TOC in the first place. Having to accept the insertion and deletion takes that much longer.

Is there a way to use Track Changes without picking up changes in the TOC? If I turned it off before I generate the updated TOC, would I lose the markup on other changes that I made?

Answer
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Turning Track Changes off and back on will not affect existing tracking (if it did, people would not be so prone to send out documents with unsuspected markup). That's probably the best way forward if you want to update the TOC. The other option is to lock the TOC (Ctrl+F11) and not unlock and update it until you're done editing and have accepted the changes.
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Last updated April 14, 2025 Views 6,479 Applies to: