WD97: TOC Field Not Updated Properly from Recorded Macro

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   Sub UpdateTOC()
      ' Update the entire first table of contents
      ' in the active document.
      ActiveDocument.TablesOfContents(1).Update
   End Sub
				

To update only the page numbers of a table of contents, use this macro:

   Sub UpdateTOC()
      ' Update only the page numbers of the first
      ' table of contents in the active document.
      ActiveDocument.TablesOfContents(1).UpdatePageNumbers
   End Sub