Paragraph style error in one entry of TOC

We are always happy to help, @muskoka lake.

~Barb 

Thank you for sharing the file with us, @muskoka lake. If you want to remove it from dropbox now, you safely do so.  Or if you prefer, we can remove the link from your post to protect your privacy. Just let us know.

I agree with @vladan saveljic—it was a character style, as I suspected in my very first answer, just on the other paragraphs, and not the one you were asking about. I generated a TOC with just the two titles you provided, and they are coming out the same now. 

As a general rule, we use paragraph styles to format an entire paragraph, and character styles to format selected words within the paragraph. We don't normally apply a character style to an entire paragraph. 

On that note, take a look at the chapter numbers—chapter 11 and chapter 12. Chapter 11 still has a character style applied to the whole paragraph so they are not using the same format as each other. Just a heads up. This doesn't impact the TOC, but it does impact the body pages. 

~Barb 

Your Chapter Title 11 "One Stayed in Canada" has a character style applied "Chapter 18/24" (why?) and your problematic chapter title 12 "Rodney and Ivan Together" has not character style applied.

That's the problem

I think I did it! Here is my first attempt at using Dropbox.

(link removed for privacy)

I had a Chapter title Paragraph style. then I changed the chapter pages to have a master with a text box lower down and created a new style that worked in that box. I have not been good at tidying up my workspace, so I have all the styles I have ever tried still in there. Very messy but ....

I will send a file to Dropbox tomorrow when I get it organized. Here is the TOC page.

I will go to town tomorrow and install Dropbox in order to share files better.

1. Will you please share the Update Table of Contents dialog box, expanded (click the More Options button)? 
2. And why do you have a Chapter Title style and a Chapter Title Half Page style? 

~Barb 

Hi Barb, I am still trying to fix my TOC error. I think I found a clue but can't make it fix the problem.

When I put the toggle Highlighter on it does not find it. But I have found that the " Rodney and Ivan" text is in Bold Cond. as the style calls for it to be.It does not have a plus sign for an override. When I change it to Regular it shows an override and it is highlighted in orange. It does not change the TOC when I change the font from bold Cond to Regular.

But here is the mystery: when I go to Chapter 11  "One Stayed in Canada" it has the same style applied. but when I look in the Control Panel it says it is Regular. Something very spooky is happening with that Para Style.

You can certainly try starting over but I suspect the issue will still be there. At this stage of the game, there is some silly issue that we haven't discovered yet via your screen shots. I suspect we can find it in minutes if we can see the file. If you can share the file, great. If not, and if you would like us to continute to help, we need to continue with more screen shots.

1. Will you share the Update Table of Contents dialog box, expanded? 
2. And why do you have a Chapter Title style and a Chapter Title Half Page style? 
3. Pls check the chapter 11 or 13 titles in the body of the document. Is there a character style on the other Half Page Chapter Titles?

~Barb