Comments on: Episode 34: Long Documents, Part 2 - Tables of Contents (VIDEO) http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/episode-34-long-documents-part-2-tables-of-contents-video information. instruction. insight. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:16:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Rebecca Morgan http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/episode-34-long-documents-part-2-tables-of-contents-video#comment-1271 Rebecca Morgan Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:38:39 +0000 http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/episode-34-long-documents-part-2-tables-of-contents-video#comment-1271 These two videos are so well done and very useful! However, I am still stuck on two things for my TOC. I’ve set the TOC in the TOC styles, telling it which styles to put in the TOC and what font style to use when setting up the TOC. I chose a style I’ve used for the main text. But when I rebuild the TOC, the style is the headline style. Ugh! Now I just go in and select that page and change it all to the right style, but I wish I could automate it. Also, in PageMaker, it would put dots between the end of the chapter titles and the page #s. I don’t see how to do that in InDesign nor could I find it in the Help site. Thanks for any hints on how to do this. These two videos are so well done and very useful! However, I am still stuck on two things for my TOC.

I’ve set the TOC in the TOC styles, telling it which styles to put in the TOC and what font style to use when setting up the TOC. I chose a style I’ve used for the main text. But when I rebuild the TOC, the style is the headline style. Ugh! Now I just go in and select that page and change it all to the right style, but I wish I could automate it.

Also, in PageMaker, it would put dots between the end of the chapter titles and the page #s. I don’t see how to do that in InDesign nor could I find it in the Help site.

Thanks for any hints on how to do this.

]]> By: Ed http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/episode-34-long-documents-part-2-tables-of-contents-video#comment-1258 Ed Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:25:08 +0000 http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/episode-34-long-documents-part-2-tables-of-contents-video#comment-1258 I have tried and tried to recreate what you are doing. I can create a TOC, no problem, within a single document but cannot make it work with a book. I have paragraph styles, I'm including book documents, my styles are used consistently. I only get the title "chapters" sometimes I get chapter 2 but it totally skips chapter 1 and 3. I'm working from a template that has a similar set up to what you are using. What am I doing wrong? Thanks I have tried and tried to recreate what you are doing. I can create a TOC, no problem, within a single document but cannot make it work with a book. I have paragraph styles, I’m including book documents, my styles are used consistently. I only get the title “chapters” sometimes I get chapter 2 but it totally skips chapter 1 and 3. I’m working from a template that has a similar set up to what you are using. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks

]]> By: Mariec http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/episode-34-long-documents-part-2-tables-of-contents-video#comment-1087 Mariec Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:22:03 +0000 http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/episode-34-long-documents-part-2-tables-of-contents-video#comment-1087 First of all, thank you for doing these videos, the notions are well explained and the tone you use make them interesting :o) Now I have a problem... I am working on a user manual and decided to try my hand and do it in InDesign (which I usually use to make the figures for patent applications). So I created a template and used this template to make some chapters. Since the chapters are often really short, my template is set so that the chapter title and number appear at the top of the first page of the chapter, the content of the chapter beginning around the middle of the page. But when I try to create the TOC, the chapter titles appear AFTER the sub-section titles appearing on the same page as the chapter title. I have made sure that the paragraph styles are consistent and that I had put the chapter title as the first level (and in the first position in the list), and the sub-section as the second level, but I still get the problem... Is there something that might explain that strange behavior? Is there something that I did wrong? First of all, thank you for doing these videos, the notions are well explained and the tone you use make them interesting :o)

Now I have a problem… I am working on a user manual and decided to try my hand and do it in InDesign (which I usually use to make the figures for patent applications). So I created a template and used this template to make some chapters. Since the chapters are often really short, my template is set so that the chapter title and number appear at the top of the first page of the chapter, the content of the chapter beginning around the middle of the page. But when I try to create the TOC, the chapter titles appear AFTER the sub-section titles appearing on the same page as the chapter title. I have made sure that the paragraph styles are consistent and that I had put the chapter title as the first level (and in the first position in the list), and the sub-section as the second level, but I still get the problem…

Is there something that might explain that strange behavior? Is there something that I did wrong?

]]> By: Michael Murphy http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/episode-34-long-documents-part-2-tables-of-contents-video#comment-839 Michael Murphy Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:34:04 +0000 http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/episode-34-long-documents-part-2-tables-of-contents-video#comment-839 Thanks for the great feedback, Paul. To troubleshoot your particular problem, I'd need to see where the book title is showing up in your TOC and where it appears in the book itself. Feel free to e-mail me a PDF. Thanks for the great feedback, Paul. To troubleshoot your particular problem, I’d need to see where the book title is showing up in your TOC and where it appears in the book itself. Feel free to e-mail me a PDF.

]]> By: Paul Besco http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/episode-34-long-documents-part-2-tables-of-contents-video#comment-838 Paul Besco Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:42:20 +0000 http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/episode-34-long-documents-part-2-tables-of-contents-video#comment-838 This video helped me understand more about TOC than I have figured out in 2 semesters of good Junior College. It's the unexpected results that are a bother. I have my styles consistent across the book. The front matter contains the TOC. I want a two level TOC. I have sync and re-synced. I know all the styles are the same. Yet I still get the book title in every section title spot in the TOC except for one or two sections.I tried changing to a different style name the book title which only appears in the front matter. It's still grabbing the book title. Umph!! This video helped me understand more about TOC than I have figured out in 2 semesters of good Junior College. It’s the unexpected results that are a bother. I have my styles consistent across the book. The front matter contains the TOC. I want a two level TOC. I have sync and re-synced. I know all the styles are the same. Yet I still get the book title in every section title spot in the TOC except for one or two sections.I tried changing to a different style name the book title which only appears in the front matter. It’s still grabbing the book title. Umph!!

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