Reply To: TOC Not Playing Nicely with Anchored Objects

An alternative to your approach is the following. Create a character style that hides the text to which it is applied: type size 0.1 points, horizontal scale 1%, fill colour Paper. Add the text that should appear in the toc at the headings in the text and apply the character style. Add a separator character so you know in the generated toc where the real toc entry starts. Generate the toc. Fix the toc, e.g. by changing the character style (if it’s in a separate document) or removing it, or replace it with a different character style — whatever is appropriate in your set-up.

By the way, is it because of the anchors that the entries appear in the wrong order? That’s something you should find out first.

P.