Table of Contents into existing text fame?

Hi there,
I'm looking to put a table of contents about halfway down a page that has content on it (paragraph > ToC > another paragraph). I don't want the ToC in its own text frame, because if the copy/layout before it changes, it'll be in the wrong place...
Is there a way to do this without copying/pasting the ToC into the text frame (which doesn't permit me to update the ToC)?
Thanks in advance!
- steve

flossdaily wrote:
Hi there,
I'm looking to put a table of contents about halfway down a page that has content on it (paragraph > ToC > another paragraph). I don't want the ToC in its own text frame, because if the copy/layout before it changes, it'll be in the wrong place...
Is there a way to do this without copying/pasting the ToC into the text frame (which doesn't permit me to update the ToC)?
Thanks in advance!
- steve
The TOC needs to be in a frame that's not threaded to others, but is able to grow and shrink to contain its content, and also resize in relation to frames around it.
Typefi systems' InDesign CS4 free Auto-fit plug-in probably can do what you want, but there's no sign of a CS5 version at this time.
http://www.typefi.com/index.php/typefi-autofit
The commercial Blatner Tools has an autopage component probably can also do what you want.
www.dtptools.com/help.asp?id=108
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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