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Create automatic table of contents with subheaders

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    • May 24, 2016 at 8:50 am #85139
      cisco
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      Hi there,
      I’d like to create a table of contents that not only includes the different pages but also specific “chapter” or section that doesn’t include page numbers. This is what I mean: https://s33.postimg.org/bx55ay69r/TOC.jpg

      Any idea how I could set it up so only the subpages show page numbers and indented?

    • May 24, 2016 at 9:34 am #85141
      Betty Taylor
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      If I understand correctly:

      You’ll need to create separate Paragraph styles for the subpages and the ‘regular’ pages. In the book, the styles may look exactly the same.

      Then you’ll create separate Paragraph styles to control the look of the subpages and the ‘regular’ pages in the Table of Contents.

    • May 24, 2016 at 5:49 pm #85177
      Ari Singer
      Member

      Very easy. Follow along:

      1. Make sure that the ‘subpages’ and the ‘chapter’ text have separate paragraph styles (so that the TOC builder can find them separately).
      2. Go to Layout > Table of Contents to define your TOC. Make sure that More Options is activated. (You can find its button on the right below the Save Style button).
      3. On the right there’s a list of all the paragraph styles in your document. Select the style that you used for the chapter openings and click << Add, Then do the same for the subpages style. On the left you’ll see both styles: ‘Chapter’ will be on top (‘parent’) and ‘subpages’ will be below it, indented (‘child’).
      4. Select the parent entry (‘chapter’) on the left. On the bottom you can set up a lot of options for the ‘Chapter’ entry in the TOC (such as the paragraph style to use when displayed in the TOC, or to sort it alphabetically and more), but what concerns us is only two settings. First, make sure that Level: is set to 1. Secondly, from the Page Number dropdown menu, select No Page Number. Then select on the left the ‘subpages’ entry, give it any settings that you want, but leave the Page Number options to either After Entry or Before Entry (whichever you prefer), and make sure that the Level: is set to 2.
      5. When done, hit OK, and the TOC will be ready to be placed anywhere you wish.

      I hope this clarified things, not the other way around…

    • May 26, 2016 at 3:26 pm #85243
      cisco
      Member

      Awesome! I’ll try it out tomorrow. Thank you so much for the help.

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