TOC links don't work after I update the book

Something to investigate: Let's assume one of your headings that you are pulling into the TOC is formatted like this:

Installing the Widget

When you generate the TOC, only the text up to the property change (italic in this case) will be "hot"; the rest of the text will not be a link in the PDF. There is actually a reason for this which I won't go into here (not a useful reason any more), but see if this is the issue with non-working links.

I think that's where you're messing up the formatting - you probably only need to bring in paragrah & character tag formats.

I open the template file, then with the TOC in view I click File > Import > Formats and choose the template file. I had all the Import and Update check boxes selected, but I've just started trying it with only certain ones selected. 

Ok, so how are you applying the formatting changes?

I created a couple of test books. It seems when I apply the formatting, it works until I update the book. But when I don't apply any formatting, it works even after I update the book. So there must be something in the formatting (it's from a template) that messes up the linking after I update the book. Does anyone have any areas to look at first - as far as common formatting that messes up the TOC links? Thanks!

FM11 is pretty old - are you all patched up? Was this working before & now it doesn't - or did it never work? Have you tried creating a simple book as a test and creating a TOC for it?

Yes, I create it through Frame - Add > Table of Contents. Add the Para Tags I want to include and make sure the Hypertext Links box is checked. It's definitely a generated File (the icon is the orange/black color). The links still work after I apply the formatting. They stop working after I generate the book. 

How did you create the TOC in the first place? You have to have FM create one for you before you can fiddle around with formatting.