John M said:

I wasted several hours on a bright sunny Sunday trying to get a TOC to export properly when creating an ebook. It wasn't until I came across a line in the Adobe help system (it might have even been a comment rather than an actual entry in their system) telling me that the TOC would not export if the style used to define your TOC was in a folder in your style palette. It seemed like a ridiculous limitation to me but once I moved the chapter title style I was using to generate my TOC out of the folder it worked perfectly.

Very frustrating…

Hi John:

Would you please be more specific on how you moved the TOC style file from what folder to where—as an example for me to follow.

Thanks.

Let me add the following to this issue:

1) My book has 53 chapters (each within its own file), some 500 pages.

2) I did a preflight and no errors.

3) I exported the book as a PDF with no issues.

4) When I try exporting the book to ePub, apparently InDesign is looking for something it can't find to complete the process; creating an endless loop—application not responding. So, I then have to force quit. I let the beach ball run for over 10 minutes with no export happening in the progress bar.

5) Is there a known bug in this instance? Or a setting in the export options dialog box that needs correcting?

A) Digital Editions Export: I've also tried exporting with the default TOC style, but no help there, either.

B) Book palette: After I set up for ePub export (but cancelled), the palette indicates that a number of files are open—they are not!