asking,
Each paragraph should be associated with a paragraph style, also called a paragraph tag. For example, the title of each module might be tagged with a paragraph style named Module Title. When you create a standard TOC, you specify which paragraphs you want listed in the TOC. You do this by selecting the appropriate paragraph tags from a list. See the FrameMaker User Manual for the details.
When you create the TOC the first time, FrameMaker creates a paragraph on the TOC reference page for each paragraph style (tag) you specify for the TOC. FrameMaker also creates another paragraph tag with the same name as the paragraph style but with TOC appended to the end of the name. If you want, you can then edit each line on the TOC reference page to get the format you want for the corresponding entries on the TOC. Again, see the user manual for details.
The above is the way I and probably most other writers create TOCs.
I have heard there is another way, which might be the way the original writer used in your case. I have never used this method, so I may be guessing a little on how it is done. But it might be a clue to your problem.
FrameMaker also allows you to create a list of markers, and you can choose which markers to list, even your custom markers. Like an index marker, a custom marker has text in it, but the text is visible only in the marker dialog/pod, again like an index marker. So, when you create a list of markers (and you can chose which markers to list), the list gets its entries NOT from the content in a paragraph but from the content in the markers.
So, I am guessing the original writer created a custom marker, say called toc. The writer then placed a toc marker either at the beginning of the paragraph with the module title or possibly in a blank paragraph just before the title paragraph. The writer then copied the title and placed it in the marker text. (Aside, instead one can set the marker text to the building block <$paratext>, and the list will display the text of the paragraph containing the marker; BUT the marker has to be in the paragraph with the module title.) Then when the list of toc markers is generated, the list displays the content that is stored in the toc markers, not the content in the module title paragraphs.
So, if the original writer used this method, the toc marker for the module might be on the previous page and not with the module title itself.
To check this, turn on text symbols (select View > Text Symbols). Put your cursor at the beginning of the document. Open the Marker dialog/pod (select Special > Marker). In the find dialog, select Find > Any Marker. Then click Find. At each marker found, view the contents of the marker text in the Marker dialog/pod. You may find the situation I laid out above.
I hope this information helps to find your problem,
Van
