I renamed TOC 2 to TOC 2,Topic then inadvertently deleted it.
Now I cannot get the TOC 2,Topic style back, nor can I the factory TOC 2 style; i.e.:
- I cannot find TOC 2 in any variation in the Manage Styles list.
- I cannot recreate it. Word reports "It already exists or is reserved for a built-in style.
- I cannot copy the style from another document into this one. Word reports "The style refers to more than one style in the destination document."
I know I can fake a recovery by, for example, creating another TOC 2 variation such as TOC 2,Topics (plural). Or by copying everything into a new document. But this has happened before, so I'd really like to know how to recover from the problem, to prevent the problem, or both.
Note: This question may be related to another that I just posted: https://superuser.com/questions/1041748/how-to-prevent-custom-toc-styles-from-automatically-updating