DO YOU WANT TO REPLACE THE EXISTING TABLE? CHOOSE YES TO REPLACE OR NO TO APPEND THE NEW TABLE. After you choose Insert Table of Contents, Word selects the existing table and asks if you want to replace it. ■ To replace the old table of contents with a newly compiled one, choose Yes. ■ If you want Word to add the new table of contents at the end of the existing table, choose No. ■ If you do not want Word to replace the existing table, choose Cancel.