If you just want to lift the TOC out, copy/paste into another document and
immediately Ctrl+Shift+F9 to unlink the field. If you want to create a TOC
spanning multiple documents, see
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=148

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> Can anyone tell me if it is possible to create a table of contents but not
> store it in the document from which it was made?
>
> John