Adding a TOC in an Apple fixed layout

Ive had the luxury of doing a ton of Apple fixed layout books without needing to have a working table of contents.
My luck ran out as I need to maje sure I can actually do this. The images for the book are already set and the way the book was created has sections. The first section has a table of contents for the FIRST section but it is only an image. So first thing is am I able to add a page with links ( which would actually be a table of contents?)
I know I can do this in a Kindle Fixed layout, can someone give me some onfo if I can do in an Apple FL?
R

Hi ralphiedee,
If you are having issues working with the Table Of Contents in iBook Author, you may find the following article helpful (apologies if you have already seen this):
iBooks Author: Customize the table of contents
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2752
Regards,
- Brenden

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