NO INDEX OR TABLE OF CONTENTS ENTRIES CAN BE FOUND. Word cannot find the coded entries it needs to compile an index or a table of contents. ■ With layout view turned off, choose View Preferences and turn on Hidden Text. ■ Review each index or table of contents entry to make sure the codes have been typed correctly and formatted as hidden text. Entries not formatted as hidden text are not found. Index entries are marked with .i. codes by default. You may also use other letters for table of contents entries (for example, .t. or .f.).