Table of Contents CS3

Hello All-
I am having trouble with my Table of Contents displaying properly. First off I downloaded the 5.0.4 update. Is this the one that fixes the indexing, TOC bugs??
Alright, I have a document with character styles applied to the header of each page. PAGE HEADER style. When I create the Table of Contents under the layout option I am successfully able to create a TOC formatted with dot leaders etc. However, I only get about half of my pages. I'm not sure why only half would be displaying when all of the headers are linked to the same character style.
Any thoughts?

I fixed the Table of Contents to display all of the headers. Turns out only half were on the Paragraph Style and half were on the a same named Character style.
Thanks!

Similar Messages

I cannot generate a table of contents in INDesign3

Hi There:
I'm fairly new to Indesign CS3 and I need to generate a table of contents. I created a book file which consists of 20 chapters. I also created a Frontmatter file, which is also part of the book file. According to the help menu, I should open up the FM file and choose, LAYOUT>TABLE OF CONTENTS to begin. However this option under layout doesn't exist. Is there a plug-in I am missing. HELP! I need to generate this TOC at some point today.
thanks much to whomever can help.
-Lisa

As far as I know, it should be there always unless the menus themselves have been turned off by someone. Might as well check though.
1) GO to Edit > Menus (opens Menu Customization)
2) Select Application Menus from the Category field
3) Expand "Layout" under Application Menu Command and make sure the Visibility icon is active for the TOC items (at bottom)
edit: Of course you could also go to Window > Workspace and select reset menus

Table of Contents / Bookmarks Jump to Middle of Page Instead of Heading

I generated a Table of Contents in InDesign, but when I export to the PDF and click on either the actual text link in the table of contents or on the bookmark in the lefthand column, it jumps to the middle of the page that the article is on instead of to the heading. I want the bookmarks to go to the heading (as a text anchor) instead of to a page. Anyone know how to fix this?
FYI: I'm using CS3
Thanks!

Use PDF Maker and be sure you have the preferences set to create bookmarks from the style info.

Table of Contents will not export to PDF

CS3: I have an InDesign Book with 10 documents in it. The first document is the Table of Contents which was created using ID's TOC feature.
When I go to export that document to PDF, it acts like it's working, but the PDF is not made. There is no trace of a PDF in the folder.
If I delete the Table of Contents text the file will make a PDF.
If I try to export the entire book, the whole process just crashes.
I tried exporting the doc to .inx (which I was able to do) and make the PDF and the same thing happens.
Of course, this is a 300 page book and I'm on a deadline...
The book also has bookmarks and hyperlinks throughout -- not sure if that would cause a problem
Thanks for any thoughts! Jodi

There are some known problems with bookmarks and CS5 as well. As far as I know, the 7.0.3 update won't fix them, but it does solve some other problems, so you should install it.

Table Of Contents - Level Formatting

InDesign CS3
Ive created a long document that catalogs all of my company's graphic options for our motorcycles.
Each page contains 2 graphics along with their respective part number and graphic name. The part number and graphic name for each graphic are set in 2 separate text boxes and setup as 2 different paragraph styles.
Im trying to create a Table Of Contents that lists, by section, the part number, graphic name and page number for every graphic. Currently my TOC looks like this:
Section
Part Number
Graphic Name5
However, I would like for it to look like this:
Section
Part Number Graphic Name5
I don't see an option to keep TOC Levels on the same line...
Any suggestions?
Thank you,
Desi

You can run on entries, but it runs on all entries. You'll just have to do a search and replace.

How do I include the heading of the table of contents in the table of contents?

I am preparing a table of contents in InDesign CS3 (Macintosh OSX 10.5.8)
I have added all the paragraph styles to the list of paragraph styles I want to appear in my Table of Contents.
However, I would also like the table of contents itself to appear in the table of contents:
In case the table of contents is placed on page 3, it want it to look like this
Table of contents:
Title page....page 1
Acknowledgements...page 2
Table of contents ...page 3
Table of figure...page 6
Chapter 1...page 10
and so on..
I have included the paragraph style in the list of paragraph styles I want have appearing in my table of contents. But this does not result in an entry in my table of contents that is named 'table of contents'.
I would be grateful for any kind of advice.
Thanks in advance

To do that add a non-printing frame on Page 3 and add the words Table of Contents using one of your styles that gets picked up.

Include Master Page Items in Table of Contents

I am building a table of contents in InDesign CS3. I've got paragraph style applied to my section heading and well as section subheadings. However, my sections headings are located on Master Pages (as they are repeating on several pages), and my section subheadings are located directly on the pages themselves (as they do not repeat).
When I set up my table of contents only my section subheadings show up, not both. When I go to a page with a section heading and override the master page item and then update my table of contents my section header shows up. Is there any way to include my secion headers without overriding the master page items?
-Carina

I found this article about using Power Headers to override master frames that addresses the table of contents issue: http://in-tools.com/article/power-headers/power-headers-overrides-master-frames/
Hope this helps!

White text in table of contents thumbnail

OK this has really got me stumped so I hope someone can help.
I have written the first chapter of my new book. All the font, including section headings, is black.
When I preview the book (on both iPad and my macbook) the thumbnail view of the table of contents has changed the text colour to white. So the text is now white on a white background and hard to read.
I am using the latest version of ibooks 1.01 and ibooks author 2.2.
I would be very grateful for any suggestions. This has not happened in any of my other books.
Many Thanks
Paul

Mike,
I also include overset text in my TOC that is actually off of the viewable spread. At first, it didn't work (even though I asked it to include the text). Then, I moved the field to be a few px within the viewable spread but left the text still off of the edge and it worked.
I am doing this through Javascript with CS3.
You may be having an entirely different problem... but I hope this helps :)
Eric

Need to Export a hypertext index list or Table of Content when saving as pdf

I have a catalog that is being converted from print to web and will be exported as a pdf and then converted to a flip book using a flash template. The flash template does have this capability and pdf files can and do import table of content text for navigating the pdf document. What I need to do is to take the Table of Contents list from the catalog (which I have tagged with hyperlinks) and have it appear in the pdf as a text-based table of contents with hyperlinks. I saw one post discussing "InDesign's index feature" but don't see that anywhere in my app. I am using CS3 currently. (been told to stay away from 4 til bugs are worked out of .ai and dreamweaver).

You've stayed away from CS4 so long that CS5 will be shipping in the few weeks.
As for your question, I'm not really sure what you're asking. Who's doing this converting for you?
Bob

Table of Contents only working on first chapter

Working with InDesign CS3 Mac. We have a booklet with several chapters. The table of contents is in its own chapter. For some reason it is only creating a table of contents for what would be the following first chapter. The rest of the following chapters are not showing up. I believe we have all the styles correct and the page numbering implemented correctly for those chapters. Does anyone have any ideas on what we could be missing or doing wrong. Thanks in advance for any help.

I am assuming you are using InDesign's Book feature and have each chapter added as a document in the Book?
Open the document that is going to have the Table of Contents in it from the Book panel.
Then edit the Table of Contents Style and enable the Include Book Documents option.
If you don't see this option, then click More Options first.
Now try updating the Table of Contents.
Cari

How can I Create Hyperlinks on a computer generated Table Of Contents?

I am trying to create hyperlinks on a TOC that was generated in InDesign CS3. It will allow me to make each item a new hyperlink destination, but I would like it to be just a new hyperlink. Is there a way to do this without having to re-type the whole Table of Contents?

Are the hyperlinks you want to make supposed to go to specific pages of the document, or to a url.
If it's to go to pages of the document, then click the Create Bookmarks when creating the TOC, it's in the bottom left, you may need to Show Options in the TOC dialog box.
If it's for a URL, or to link to a different page other than what the TOC points to, then you can
New Hyperlink Destination
Choose URL/Page
Insert a unique name
Insert the url/page no.
Then say ok
Go to Hyperlink Options
Type: URL
Name: Choose the unique name you've created
URL: it should show up as what you've put in the Name, if not just type it in
similar for page no.
Remember to inlcude bookmarks and hyperlinks when creating the PDF too.

Acrobat Pro 9.0 freezes when viewing/scrolling through the table of contents of a document

I am hoping someone can help me or has experienced the same problem I'm about to describe. I belong to the technical publications group of a fairly large company and I review a lot of PDF documents. I just installed Acrobat 9.0.0 (via CS4 Design Standard) and I've noticed on larger documents where there's a full page or several pages worth of Table of Contents, Acrobat 9.0.0 seems to freeze up when I begin scrolling through the TOC. For example, if I want to use the Text Edit tools or use a sticky note, when I press on an icon, Acrobat will freeze for a good 10 seconds, then will allow you to press the icon. It tends to freeze each time I want to make my next edit or even pressing the up/down arrow buttons to go to the next page. Once I get through the TOC pages, Acrobat seems to function normally--no freezes.
Has anyone experienced this? Would appreciate any kind of advice on how to fix--perhaps there's a patch or update?
I didn't experience any of this using Acrobat 8.0--I never had any real problems with Acrobat until 9.0.0.

Your issue may not be related to a difference between v8 and 9.
I have not had this problem on my computers, but a coworker had this issue. For many documents that others were able to open and scroll through without issue, his computer was freezing and unfreezing. IT determined his graphics capabilities were not able to keep up with the requirements of working with larger documents and gave his computer a RAM upgrade and a new graphics card. Particularly during scrolling, higher demands are made on the computer to graphically render and re-render page content. Documents giving him problems before became a non-issue.
A new graphics card is obviously a $$$ solution, but you might want to check to see if your RAM meets the minimum requirements and check to see if there are any program updates (Help > Check for Updates).
I have had an issue of pdfs freezing, but not specifically in the table of contents areas. If your document has pages with images that have an unusually high number of layers, it may affect the ability to work effectively in the document.

Acrobat XI PRO: Create a Table of Contents (TOC) automatically in top, after I have combined several pdf.files into a single pdf.file

Hey
I have now tried for hours, but now I give up!
MY WISH -
Create a Table of Contents (TOC) automatically after I have combined several pdf.files into a single pdf.file.
I have already bookmarks, shown on the screen (see screenshot below) but I want those bookmark to be visualised in a separate TOC in the top of the combined files.
This new TOC (which I have inserted) shall be printable and serve as a cover page in a binder.
I have seen other cheap pdf.programs in the market (e.g. PDF Converter Professional 7.3) which are able to make the above things, easy, fast and nice.
Regards
Ole Bünger, Kristianstad Sweden

Somewhat roundabout way but this should work:
Is there easy way to print bookmarks Acrobat Pro 9.5

Table of Contents vanishes when trying to update or regenerate in CS6

I'm working with InDesign CS6 on Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
This is an old, legacy document. Today, I needed to remove two pages, so of course, I need to update my table of contents and index. I had no problems with the index - it regenerated just fine. The TOC is another matter. I clicked Layout > Update Table of Contents. I got the message stating that the contents was updated. However, what actually happened was the TOC text vanished! And, it actually is gone because I can see two empty paragraph markers where the TOC used to be. I've tried regenerating it instead of doing the update. Same result - it's gone.
I'm still fairly new to InDesign, so I'm not sure what I can do to troubleshoot this. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Sounds like ID doesn't think there are any paragraphs with the style names you've selected for inclusion.
But I'm not a fan of direct conversion of legacy files because these sorts of things, or worse, happen a lot. Try this: Remove minor corruption by exporting

Problem with Sections and Table of Contents

I have just purchased pages. Both my iMac and MacBook have Lion. I do not have the "sections" button on the toolbar. When I open the "inspector" and try to insert a Table of Contents, the "paragraph styles" pane is empty. How can I correct these problems as I would like to use pages for a family story

You have started your document with a Page Layout template. TOC doesn't work with text boxes. You need to use a Word Processing document and have the text in the main text layer.
In the New from Template Chooser you can see the types in the left side bar.

Table of Contents CS3

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for