Reply To: TOC Leading Dots: Adding a space before page number?

Hi Nick, this is super simple, but you can make a lot of things wrong ;-)

1. It is a difference, if you use the underline-feature or give a tab a Leader. If you use the underline-feature with dots, you will get dancing dots. So in a toc I would always vote for the Leader.

2. So insert in the toc-dialog > Between entry and number > something like ^<^y^>
^< thin space after your entry
^y tab for right indent (put the page number at the end of the textframe and works like a rubber band)
^> En space between tab and page number

3. Create a paragraph style for your toc-entry, set a tab in the style (wherever your want) and insert a dot in the Leader-Field. This step is needed, cause a right indent tab cannot have a leader.

4. Create a character style with e.g. Tracking 200, Horizontal and Vertical Scale 80% and apply it in your toc-style in the GREP-Field with ~y.

As a result you will get perfectly aligend dots, with a bit of tracking and in a size of 80% of your text.

Kai