You should not need to return to the dialog for the TOC in a given document.
You create the TOC once and never return to the dialog. You update the TOC
by pressing F9. If you want to save a specific TOC setup, you can save the
TOC field as an AutoText entry. For more on the nuts and bolds of TOC
fields, see http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/TOCSwitches.htm
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> I have a table of contents set up so it will use another style (not
> Heading 1). In the TOC options I deleted "1" for heading 1" in the
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> Thanks.