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I guess it helps to mention I'm working within the confines of a mathematical thesis and a template provided by my department???

From the previous post, I take it to mean by default it's not to automatically have the word Chapter in the table of contents but is something added in by the thesis ...

OK...here's a tough one:

How do you remove the word "Chapter" from the table of contents without modifying the body of the document.

For Example:
TOC:
1 Preliminaries.................3
2 Exciting News...............7
Body:
Chapter 1 Preliminaries

Chapter 2 Exciting News