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Thanks for flagging this almost forgotten thread. I tried and failed to get it corrected. Tried it on Mailchimp but did not follow thru. So now my newsletter has 20-25 items that can't use a clickable table of contents. Laborius to get to items. ... View more

I completely agree. That abandonment of a clickable Table of Contents is death for substantive newsletters. The "explanations" provided by CC are not overwhelmingly compelling. Or, apparently, completely true. CC needs to finally fully engage with fixing the problem and giving us solutions rather than the boiler plate justification.  ... View more

With further research I see that this problem that I only discovered a couple weeks ago has been raised with Constant Contact a number of times. With no solution forthcoming. I can't believe that a clickable Table of Contents is not in high demand. Its absence destroys the utility of my newsletter (Johnson's Russia List) that I have sent out thru Constant Contact to thousands of recipients for more than 10 years. At this point I may try to switch to Mailchimp or some other service. Why can't CC just let "old timers" keep using the old ways if we insist. Let the "improvements" go for those who don't mind the change. I just need to be able to continue to "copy" my old template. ... View more

Appreciate your rapid response. In the last week I have had a couple interactions with CC staff and they also said they would pass the problem on. They tried to be helpful and had a few suggestions. I will look in to your text link suggestion. I also seemed to me that the argument for abandoning anchor links is not necessarily compelling. May be a good idea of some reasons but a bad idea for others. Such as destroying a newsletter like mine. I don't need a cute 2-4 pages brochure/newsletter.   I find it incredible that there are not a bunch of newsletters that use CC that do not need a clickable listing of contents at the front. My newsletter is the simplest possible thing with only a bunch of articles that require a convenient means of navigation. I must also say ... View more

Not sure if I already posted this here...   Need for clickable table of contents I desperately need to be able to have a clickable table of contents in the newsletter I have been sending out for more than 10 years. My newsletter contains 30 or so articles that for ease of navigation require a table of contents that the reader can easily use for navigation. Nothing remotely complicated about anything else is a purely text newsletter   The 3rd generation editor apparently does not permit this. I desperately need it. Please find a workable solution. Or permit use of "old" 2nd generation templates.   I would also say that people reading my newsletter on mobile devices CAN use the newsletter. And the newsletter gets thru to gmail and other accounts, contrary to Constant Contacts claim that newsletters with anchor links are rejected. ... View more