Thanks Stephan. I've explored the TC option but it's going to take away the dynamic nature of the TOC. I need to be able to quickly enter new headings based on the styles and have those automatically appear in the TOC, without manually then adding TC entries. Seems like I want it all, but it's just not possible. As an interim solution I've set up a macro which just finds the bullet (as formatted in the TOC) and replaces it with nothing. Now I have to figure out how to trigger the macro each time the TOC is updated!