Problems with table of contents in word!

[Jonyla J.]

I am trying to write the table of contents for my dissertation, but when I
try to use the Insert->Index->Table of Contents thing, as the tutorial
describes, I get this error every time, regardless of how much I try and
manipulate my text.

Error! No table of contents entries found.

I don't understand what would be causing this. Any ideas? It works when I
type in gibberish, but when I type in my table of contents information, it
gets me everytime.
Thanks

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Do you have heading styles in your document? Or have you set the Table of
Contents Options to pick up the styles you're using for headings? See
http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html

 

[Jonyla J.]

I do have heading styles in my document. And the table of contents options
are supposed to pick them up. I also tried following the whole tutorial you
presented, to no avail. It still has the same error. I will keep tinkering
with it, in hopes it will respond.
Thank you for your help though.
Jonyla

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Are your headings in text boxes, by any chance? Word can't see text in text
boxes. If you have a legitimate need to wrap the headings, convert the text
boxes to frames.