Word – Table of contents number issue

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I have a 48 page document with a table of contents. The numbering shows correctly until I print (or go to print preview). As soon as I print the numbers of the TOC are off with the numbers in the corresponding sections.

An example is the following:

On the screen in Word, TOC states that Section 2.42 is on page 10. As soon as I hit print, Section 2.42 moves to page 12 and prints on page 12 while TOC still shows page 10.

The document is set up to use Letter and that is what I'm printing on.

I made no changes to the document other then try to print it. I'm using Word 2010.

Best Answer

In Word 2013, you may disable "Allow fields containing tracked changes to update before printing" in File > Options > Advanced > Print.