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Problem to include "List of figures" in TOC

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    • November 16, 2010 at 2:32 am #57758
      jpannier
      Member

      Hi,
      my problem sounds to be an old topic but I didn’t find the answer.
      In my prompted TOC I want the generated list of figures and list of tables to be included. But it seems that the TOC feature does not ‘see’ the before generated list of figures – although their headings are using separated styles.

      Does anybody know a workaround – if my assumption is correct and generated text is invisible for the TOC feature?

      Thanks
      Jeldrik

    • November 17, 2010 at 5:54 am #57774
      jpannier
      Member

      I tested a little bit. The result is, that the TOC-feature doesn’t ‘look’ into automatic generated text frames at all. It has nothing to do with any styles etc. So my ‘solution’ is, to leave the title-section of the list of tables/list of figures blank and to create an extra text frame just for the title (“List of Figures”) with a paragraph style. Within the main TOC I include this style and I'm done.

      Maybe this is helpful for someone.

      Jeldrik

    • November 17, 2010 at 6:55 am #57775
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      That is interesting! I never noticed this problem before.

      In other words, one TOC cannot reference another (different) TOC. How frustrating!

    • November 17, 2010 at 7:11 am #57776
      jpannier
      Member

      Yes, it is frustrating because you lose efficiency. But now I figured out another way – maybe a little bit better.

      After you created automatically the TOC for the list of tables (with a title) you can select all the text within this frame, cut it, delete the frame, create a new frame, paste the text back in – and voila now the main TOC will recognize the heading style of the automated generated list of tables. And the best thing is, the links will still work in the interactive PDF.

      It’s spooky.

    • November 18, 2010 at 4:38 am #57804
      jpannier
      Member

      Let me add one more thing.

      If one uses my last workaround (cut and paste) you'll lose the possibility to update this TOC.

    • December 3, 2010 at 9:36 am #58000
      rawhead
      Member

      Heh, I got the same problem, and now I know why. Thanks. My workaround for the time being is to create a new text box, type in the title (list of figures, list of tables, etc.), apply the paragraph style, then *Hide* the entire box. Works.

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