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• • May 16, 2015 at 5:02 am #75424
    Briar Whitehead

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    AMC – you have a 2012 post on this but it doesn’t seem to apply to INdesign CC. I have a book of about 20 docs ready to go – all exporting nicely to epub from the book panel. But the TOC style l have carefully created <epub> doens’t appear in the options in the epub export TOC panel – only the default option appears.
    The style I created shows up if I go my table of contents style under Layout. But it will NOT appear in the epub export navigation TOC field. I choose <multilevel TOC style> but there is no <epub> only default. If I export one page only from the File/Export menu it does show up, but I need that function for the book panel.
    I am assuming that I don’t need to place the TOC in a document before I export this – because that’s not what you did in your Lynda.com video on INdesign CC to epub. However your 2012 comnment was:
    “The TOC style needs to be saved in the Style Source document in the book panel, even if the TOC itself is flowed into a different document. From the Book panel, open the style source INDD file, go to Layout > Table of Contents Styles, and make sure your TOC style is listed there.”
    (I can’t figure out what the “Style Source document” means – it doesn’t seem to apply in CC….?)

    HELP! Please. Thanks
    Briar

  • May 17, 2015 at 1:53 pm #75451
    Briar Whitehead

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    I figured out the problem after tearing my hair out till about 2.30am!

    It now makes perfect sense of your comment in 2012. I actually finally created a separate TOC.indd of one page and used that as my base doc from which to create the TOC style in Layout > Table of Contents Styles. I then always made sure that was open when I did my export to epub from the Book Panel. MIracle – the style showed up!

  • June 9, 2015 at 8:04 am #75908
    Celia Lemoine

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    Hi everyone,

    After some tests I found a way to avoid to create a TOC in a separate file (and add the file to the indb, repagination, etc, etc). I had the same issue using Indesign CC 2014, in a indb book with 19 chapters and a perfectly done TOC (made inside a prologue part).

    I moved the main source file mark (the right icon that appear only in one file of the book) to the file that have the TOC inside (where I created the TOC style), after that I saved again the book and surprise! my TOC NAV style was there!!! I exported again my epub file and the index looks good! (just I desired). I hope this appear in the future in the Adobe help material, I checked some videos and tutorials but not there at all.

    I hope this helps to save time :)

  • November 12, 2017 at 3:49 pm #99546
    Charlotte Sinclaire

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    Hi, All. I’m searching the forums and blogs for help with my own EPUB TOC problem, but the majority (maybe all) the comments I’m finding have to do with exporting to EPUB from an .indb. My manuscript is set up as one .indd file. I have a TOC within the pages but NOT, as I understand should be the case, on a master page nor in a primary text frame, but rather just on several inserted pages in the flow — just not in the primary flow — of pages. When I export (via File>Export>Epub flowable), I DO end up with a NAV TOC, so apparently, the EPUB is recognizing the TOC in my doc. However, the internal TOC pages do not show up in the EPUB itself when I view it in my previewers (Adobe Digital Editions and Readme), nor if I take it a step further and process as a .mobi. They just aren’t there at all. I really need to solve this problem pronto and don’t know what else to try. As I say, the pages are NOT set up on master pages; nor are they set to non-print, etc. No doubt I’m doing something wrong, or NOT doing something I should. But I have no clue what it might be. Any thoughts, anyone? I know I’m addressing a thread that is a couple years old but am hoping someone who was dealing with this as an .indb problem might have also stumbled across this situation by now with a standalone .indd file. Thanks in advance for any help!

  • November 23, 2017 at 6:51 pm #99849
    Stephanie Moore

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    Hi @Charlotte Sinclaire, Thank you for reaching out to me. I hope I can help you, as I’ve only ever created documents in single .indd files as well. :)

    If I’m understanding your issue correctly, you inserted your manuscript into the .indd file, then added your TOC afterward, by inserting pages in between the flow of text.. If that’s correct, when you export, the TOC may actually be placed at the end of your book, instead of where you want it. I remember watching Lynda.com videos by Anne-Marie Concepcion and I learned that EPUBs export from left-to-right, meaning it will scan your page from the the left edge to the right edge and will export the content in that order. If any text frame of your manuscript appears before your TOC, it will export all of your manuscript first, then the TOC last. What you may have to do is insert a text anchor in your manuscript text frames where you want your TOC to appear, then re-export and see if that works.

    If not, let me know what happens and provide some screenshots, if your comfortable with that. :) It will help me get a better understanding of what’s going on.

    Please be patient with me, as it may take me a bit to get back with you over the holidays. Thank you. :)

    ~ Stephanie Moore

  • November 23, 2017 at 7:46 pm #99850
    Charlotte Sinclaire

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    @Stephanie Moore — Thanks, Stephanie, for taking time to write to me on Thanksgiving! I hope you’ve had a lovely day.

    After I posted the question — several days after — I did discover that the TOC had landed at the back of the document! I wanted to come back and post that update but couldn’t find my question again <she said with embarrassment> so I’ve been hoping someone would respond, so I could at least admit that faux pas.

    But you have reminded me of something for sure. I, too, watched Anne-Marie’s videos, and I remember how she explained how InD processes epubs left to right. But somehow, it stuck in my head as applying only to fixed epubs, not flowable. But what you’ve said totally makes sense in the big scheme of things, and I’ll just bet this is the reason the TOC lands at the rear. In the one doc I’ve processed where it landed at the front, it was just “the next thing” in order, before the main flow began. I never could figure out why it worked in there and not in the doc I was having problems with when I posted, but your reply now makes me think that MUST be the answer. So thank you so much for that!

    I also appreciate your suggestion about trying the anchor. When I work with that document again, I’ll give that a go. Don’t be surprised if you don’t see an answer posted again for a bit — I’m taking a step back so my hair can grow back in, LOL! I yanked nearly all of it out trying to solve this mystery. (Not really, but wanted to!) When I am not quite so crazy over this topic, I’ll give it another shot. Even if I don’t progress on to epubs/ebooks as I’d hoped (even though I can export the .epub, I still can’t find a good non-commercial way to create a .mobi, so probably will leave the whole shebang to some vendor somewhere), I may still need this skill for a few other projects.

    Thanks again so much for the great info and the great reminder. And Happy Thanksgiving. :) — Charlotte

  • November 23, 2017 at 9:24 pm #99851
    Stephanie Moore

    Member

    I’m so happy to hear I was able to remind you about the videos from Anne-Marie. :) I too had the same issue with images ending up at the end of the document with my .indd files, and after watching her videos, was able to figure it out. :)

    If you need any help with self-publishing, feel free to send another message. I’ve been helping my Mom publish her books through Draft2Digital. Any assistance I can offer, just let me know. I hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving, as well. :)

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