InDesign Cs4: crashes when trying to set up auto - Table of contents

Using the automatic Table of Content set up.... system has crashed three times now -- I have completely shut down my Mac -- tried again, and still crashes....
Any ideas??
Thank you, Colleen

Export the indd as idml, open this and save it as a new indd and work with the new file.

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