Stefan, I agree with you completely regarding the TOCs; my entire document got sucked into the TOC and so I need to make sure I'm separating the two. However, I'm having several issues now as outlined below. I did come up with a nuance that I found a way to fix as well.

1. Making the multilevel list style numbering work along with the style separator is a little frustrating. My formatting is as follows:
----- Formatting excerpt ------

1.0 Top Heading Style.

1.1 Second Heading Style Topic 1. [style separator] Paragraph style text

1.2 Second Heading Style Topic 2. [style separator] Paragraph style text.

----- Formatting excerpt ------

Since the style separator is applied at the end of whatever paragraph it's added to, I have to add another line (enter), make that line a level below the lines I'm creating with tab, return the cursor to the previous line, and then apply the style separator to bring the two parts back together. If you hit enter and keep it at the same paragraph level, you will end up with 1.1 followed by 1.3; somehow the style separator formatting skips the 1.2. After this I apply a separate paragraph style to the section following the style separator. Wish there was a way to automate this process.

2. Multilevel list linked styles breaking. I set up the multilevel list using Shauna Kelly's instructions with linked headings for each level. However, whenever I go back into the multilevel list dialog to fix something, each number level has nothing in the "Link Level to Style" dropdown option, which makes me doubt how well the numbering is working.

3. If I have to make a change to a lower level multilevel list later in the document, the defaults (undesired) continue to operate despite the multilevel list dialog box making it appear that that they have been reset correctly.

4. I adjusted the first two headings of the document, and they've been kicked out of the TOC and will not return to it, regardless of whether or not I refresh that element. I modified the underlying characteristics of the heading styles for the first two headings, but that it. Thoughts?

5. Anyone have a good reference on switches I could go through? I have a few examples, but none that really explain much. I know (roughly) how to make a cross reference go to lowercase if necessary, but understanding more on what they can and can't do would be useful.

6. The document I received has some kind of content elements that can be used to enter an author's name, etc. However, they're hard to manipulate - I can't enter carriage returns inside them, and don't know how to reference them if I want to call them again. Got very little information via Google.

Thank you all for your help - it's much appreciated.