Creating a Table of Contents in Pages '09

I am unable to create a TOC in Pages 09. I am creating a training manual from a blank document in Pages '09. I have referred to the user manual and to the video tutorial about creating a TOC in my document. However there is a problem. When I open the Inspector and click on TOC - nothing is showing up in the paragraph styles. There is nothing to highlight. I have been using various paragraph styles while I am preparing this manual (title, heading, subheading).
What am I doing wrong?

If you have the text boxes threaded in the Layout mode you can click in one, Select All (command a) and paste the text into the main text area in a Word processing mode document.
I don't think it was made clear that T.O.C. and bookmarks do not work in floating boxes in either WP or Layout mode. The text needs to be in the main text body, the one between the margins on each page.
I think you will find that for any long document layout mode is useless. It may appear to be the DTP mode but has so many things that don't work, it is best avoided except for very short pieces.
Peter

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