EPUB-Table of Contents

Does anyone know how to make the table of contents the navigation system for their epub?

You need to take step back and do a little research.
I suggest viewing Anne Marie Concepcion's videos on Lynda.com for a start. This link will get you a one week trial: http://bit.ly/fcGpiI
Bob

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Pages to EPUB: Table of Contents displaying FIRST?

I saw this question posed earlier, and no solution was raised.
Does anyone know why my TOC is displaying FIRST when I export to EPUB, instead of behind the Title and Copyright pages, as I have it set on the pages document?
Thank you!

Same here. Very annoing, and I cannot find any way to fix this.

Problem with ePub Table of Contents

In converting to ePub format, I end up with the TOC out of sync. For instance chapter 1 in the TOC actually points to chapter 2, chapter 2 to 3, etc. When I make a PDF from the same file, everything is OK. Even in the Pages document the links work as expected. I have looked at the ePub file in the iPad, and other readers and in every instance the TOC is one chapter off.

I have converted serveral files using the ePub template and each one acts the same when I import them into my iPad - chapter 3 points to chapter 2, chapter 2 points to chapter 1, etc. I can upload the file. Should it be the Pages file or the ePub file? Also where do I upload the file?

Any way to stop Pages (current) from creating Table of Contents when converting to ePub. My PDF conversion is perfect Thanks

Any way to stop Pages (current) from creating Table of Contents (in this case Chapter 1) when
coverting from Pages to ePub. This messes up my book. The PDF file created is perfect!
Thanks for any help. Jim

You might want to search/ask in the forum for Pages too
https://discussions.apple.com/community/iwork/pages

How do I create a Table of Contents in InDesign CS6 for print that easily converts to epub?

How do I create a Table of Contents in InDesign CS6 for a print book that easily converts to epub?
Can anyone point me to a link for a step-by-step (not a video) on setting up all the elements of a print book properly (pages, table of contents and index) so they will convert and reflow perfectly from print to epub in InDesign CS6. This is not about building an ebook from ground up, but taking 50 backlisted print books (converted from old versions of Quark to InDesign) that now need to be converted to epub formats.
OR could someone point me to the link in the Adobe InDesign CS6 support that explains how to create a Table of Contents for a print book (5.5" x 8.5", 288 pages), one that will convert when the file is converted to ePub (for MAC OSX)?
Just downloaded the 706 page inDesign CS6 reference manual from Adobe <http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/indesign_reference.pdf> but there's not even a search feature on the pdf file.
Up until this week, we have only done print books, creating the TOC the old fashioned way, as a fixed page, comprised of two columns: page numbers and chapters/subject. The files I have created are taken by our printer and printed beautifully.
However, when I convert the same book to epub in CS6, the character and paragraph styles converted beautifully - but everything else is all over the place! The table of contents is on different pages, the columns split apart. That goes for the page contents as well - everything is all over the place. when it's converted to a pdf -- total perfection. Never any problems converting with perfection to pdf format and reading those on the various readers.
(Thank you so much in advance for any help).

<http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/indesign_reference.pdf> Adobe Digital Reader does have a search feature for reading pdfs. Found the TOC instructions on page 176 of 706 pages.

Pages 5.5 table of contents not showing after formatting to ePub

Im currently trying to format my pages version 5.5 document to ePub. My goal is to use the created document in iBooks. I have downloaded the ePub best practices template from the relevant apple help pages and followed the guidelines. However when opening the document as an ePub file via iBooks the table of contents is non existent. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

All the documentation I have read for created EPUB are to export XHTML, rather than DTBook. I'm not sure if it follows the same rules as EPUB for XHTML.
Assuming it does, you need to do two things: (1) Create a TOC Style (not just a Table of Contents) in the Layout menu. (2) When in the Export EPUB dialog > Contents panel, specify the TOC Style you created.
In an "normal" EPUB 2.01, that would do two things: It would create a navigational TOC shown in every EPUB reader, and it would leave the TOC you placed on your page as an internal TOC.

How do I create a Table of Contents page for ePub that link?

I am new to E-Publishing, I have been able to my overall book but cannot figure out the Table of Contents. I need them to link to the chapter page. I have created a table of contents and they dont link. I tried to create hyperlink within the document but they only work in the pdf version and not the ePub. What can i do so that they link in the ePub version as well ?
I dont know if this information would be helpful but I also wanted to mention that All the chapter names are set to the same style, and that the Table of content I have created so far was made through the TOC option in InDesign. Also the layout is fixed and I am using InDesign CC 2014

Make sure the TOC is in the style source document
Thank you so much! This was the thing I did wrong. There had been another document marked for style source. Now it works perfectly.
Almute

How do I get rid of the extra table of contents that appears following the Pages export to epub?

When I export my document to epub out of Pages and then open it in ibooks (or any other ereader for that matter) an extra table of contents with links to the document sections appears at the beginning. This toc has its own numbering system--with its numbers set in front of those I have assigned. This toc is ugly and superfluous and doesn't seem to have anything to do with the table of contents available in the dropdown menu used while actually reading the document. How do I get rid of this extra table of contents? I'm sure I must be missing something obvious, but I can't find a way to remove it. Thanks for any help with this problem.

Answer available from TomV256: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5486013?start=15&tstart=0

I am formatting an ebook and want to convert the doc. to an ePub with the Table of Contents links intact. Is there a way?

I have formatted an ebook in word and created a doc. I now need to also convert it into an ePub. I have downloaded the latest version of pages and am having difficulties trying to make the Table of Contents links work. The tabs in all the youtube videos out there are not showing up in this version. Please help!!!!

You might have more luck here.
Pages for Mac
What version of pages do you have?

CC 2014 export to epub Fixed Layout Table Of Contents Question

I have an .indd which I exported to an epub 3.0
looks fine except there is a table of contents in the .indd and it does NOT work in the Epub.
I see a tuts for adding a navigation TOC in an EPub 2.0 doc but I need to have the TOC from the .indd as a linked / working TOC.
Any help here?
R

Ok just to add a little here so the problems I'm having are in ONE post.
The document was not made by me, I needed to go from .indd to Epub Fixed.
AS mentioned the TOC was ALREADY in the .indd as well as hyperlinks thru the document.
When I go to export as EPub Fixed I chose the TOC style ( I know there are a few options for this here like removing the original TOC and replacing with a new OR just using a navigation TOC which would be seen using an Apple Reader THAT WORKS
But, TWO things are problems, when exporting to fixed NONE generated TOC's work, new generated and original ( which I left in there just to see)
and second, ALL the hyperlinks that were working in the pdf before do NOT work in the Fixed Layout BUT I did do a flowing text export and in that those hyperlinks only WORK in the re flowable.
Any help here?

Table of contents (and other wonkiness) in Epub export

Working on publishing our first book and when I export from Pages 5.1 I get a proper table of contents but it is pushed to front of the book as page 1. I end up with a ToC header on page 8 but nothing underneath it. Also, the inside title page which also has author name and publishing company/town at bottom gets broken up to 2 pages rather than the original 1 page. Last, mentioned in another thread but not yet answered, the export is removing blockquote formatting.
Thanks!
Denny

A book in InDesign consists of two or more documents or "chapters". CS4 had no problem linking bookmarks and hyperlinks from chapter to chapter but for some reason CS5 totally dropped that funcionality... it's very frustrating.

Creating a Kindle-friendly table of contents with pages

I'm trying to figure out how in Pages (I just recently bought it and want to use it instead of Word) to create a Kindle-friendly table of contents, so readers can click on a chapter title and go straight to that chapter, for the fiction I want to publish on Kindle. In Word I right click on Heading 1 while the chapter title is highlighted then click Update to Match Selection. Then I create a hyperlink to that chapter title to its corresponding title in the table of contents. This does not work in Pages. Do I need to use the hyperlink option in Inspector? If so I don't know how.
And does anyone know how I can create what Kindle calls "Guide Items", where Kindle users can go to from anywhere within the book?
I suppose I can write everything in Pages and then set up the table of contents and guide items in Word but it would be nice to be able to do it in Pages, thanks.
Lyle

Well there is a standard body for EPUB - http://idpf.org/epub
And, Apple furnishes the TEMPLATE - the Pages 09 TEMPLATE - automatically (supposedily) makes the TOC links which - then - you can export to EPUB.
Again, the problem I'm daling with is that the Kindle for the iPad, does not see the TOC. It des see it in the Kindle Softward for the Mac - which is different - for some reason. I have authored two books on Pages but Amazon converts my EPUB file to fit the Kindle device itself.

Linking table of contents with pages 5.0

I write some help-books for friends and the family.
I wrote down everything I need and I've created a table of contents with page numbers.
Now you can push the numbers behind the headings and you are automatically on the right page for reading the text. (In Pages document)
In pages 5.0 these things are still working fine, but....
When I export the document into a pdf, you can't push/touch the headings and the numbers behind there headings.
With the old pages, after exporting the document into a pdf, you could import it into iBooks on the iPad. In iBooks now you can touch a heading and you'll get on the right page.
That was realy helpfull, 1 click and you could read the text on which you're interested.
But with the new pages 5.0 this feature is deleted... or I do something wrong.
Could anyone of you help me for getting this feature back, if I do something wrong?

Well there is a standard body for EPUB - http://idpf.org/epub
And, Apple furnishes the TEMPLATE - the Pages 09 TEMPLATE - automatically (supposedily) makes the TOC links which - then - you can export to EPUB.
Again, the problem I'm daling with is that the Kindle for the iPad, does not see the TOC. It des see it in the Kindle Softward for the Mac - which is different - for some reason. I have authored two books on Pages but Amazon converts my EPUB file to fit the Kindle device itself.

Can I create a Table of Contents (CS6) in a separate document of book file?

I'm helping someone create an ebook. He has three separate sections of his book so there are three files that make up the Indesign book. I currently have a table of contents at the beginning of each of the three sections and when I pdf the book, it works great. But when I export it as a Kindle ebok, only the TOC for the very first section works. I don't know how to fix it so that I can have multiple TOCs so if anyone knows, I would welcome advice on that! Otherwise I was thinking of just having one TOC in a separate file so my book would be made of a TOC and then the three sections of the book. But when I create a new document and try to add a TOC, it won't do it because the doc is blank. I'm sure there must be a way to have a separate document for a TOC that is actually functional when the book is exported.
I hope this makes sense!

Hi,
If you need TOC for each file in itself then while creating TOC, select 'Make text anchor in source paragraph' and it will make TOC as hyperlinks in exported epub.
If you need TOC in a separate document, then add a new document to book and while creating TOC in this document select 'Include Book Documents' and it will bring styles from all documents in the book in this document and then you can create a TOC for all the document. Also select 'Make text anchor in source paragraph' so that it will work as hyperlink in exported epub.
And if you do not even want to place TOC in your document and need it in exported epub then create a TOC style in source document of book which is a TOC for all documents in book. When exporting to EPUB, select 'TOC Style' in Navigation drop down and then select your created TOC style in next drop down.
Thanks
-Anshul

Why is my book rejected because of the table of contents?

Why is my book rejected because of the table of contents?
I have submitted a chidlren's book, so there are not multiple chapters. There is only one "chapter" which is teh entire 40-page book.
IBook Author automatically creates a table of contents, which just has one chapter.
When I click on the chapter, it does not go to the next page. So once someone downloads the book from ibook, they are stuck on the table of contents page.
That seems to be a big reason for why it is getting rejected, although the actual text is cryptic:
6.1.4. Incomplete/Inaccurate Functional Table of Contents
The EPUB's spine in the NCX is used to create the table of contents in iBooks and provides a direct navigational link to the appropriate sections of the book. Since it is a key element to the customer's interaction with a book, all EPUB spines must contain a complete listing of all chapters or book sections.

If you know what makes it not work....fix it.
The text is simply picked out from the nearest applicable cause.

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