Topic missing in Word TOC only, but OK in document

Sorry for yet another print issue.. I know Peter Grainge's
site and have also done some research but could not solve this
problem. This applies to RH7.
Certain topics are always missing in the TOC of the printed
documentation. If I delete the TOC and generate it new, then the
topic shows correctly. If I only update the TOC without deleting,
then the Topic does not show. It is generated in the actual
document correctly with all its content. I have tried deleting a
topic in RoboHelp and creating it new but without effect. There is
no pattern concerning the topics missing and the file/topic names
are short with characters and numbers mixed, but no spaces or
special characters.
Cond. build tags are used in the project, but not applied to
the concerned topics on content nor topic level. There is no
special content in them, only plain text. No error message during
output. I have tried wrapping them in books or placing them in
various positions in the TOC, no luck.
Do you have any idea what the problem could be?

Welcome to the forum.
1] "...the tool overlooks certain files."
Online help and printed documentation generate in different
ways. Online help includes all topics not excluded by a build
expression. Printed documentation is the opposite. It only prints
what you tell it to print in the print layout, and even then it
will refuse if the topic is excluded by a build expression. For
good reason the print layout can include an excluded topic
(sometimes you generate the layout with the expression, sometimes
without).
If it says a file is missing and it really is not covered by
the above, I'm struggling to see how. It suggests a corrupt CPD at
first glance but if that was corrupt, the file would not show in
Project Manager in the first place unless the file is missing and
the corruption is causing it display regardless. Have you checked
the file is there, using Windows Explorer? Somehow I don't think
this is it. Is there no other clue in the Output view?
2] Changes don't percolate through as not everyone wants
that. Frustrating for those who do. Try Insert | Field | Title.
That will at least keep your topics inline with any changes.
3] The online TOC and print layout TOC are again deliberately
not the same. Many people don't want them the same. First time you
get the online TOC but then whatever you save in print layout
sticks.
If you always want them to be the same, simply click the Move
All Left icon and then the Move All Right icon.
If you use RH7 you can have multiple TOCs and you could have
one designated for print.
Bullets and numbering have always been a pain as you can see
on my site but I think most of the blame is with Word. If you
follow some Word forums, I have seen more than one guru with the
opinion that bullets and numbering have not worked properly in Word
since Word 2.
Working with bullets and numbering the way I describe, which
I accept is limiting, I never have to reformat my documents for
that reason.

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