TOC in indesign....

When I load my TOC, only the first line of content shows up in the text frame (there is a red plus sign at the bottom). The rest I can only see if I delete the space after my page number (and then it's only one line at a time). Any suggestions on what I am doing wrong?

My first guess would be there is a Keep Option applied to the paragraph style you used for the leistings and it's set to start on next page...

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Formatting TOC in InDesign cs6

I have a question about formatting the TOC in InDesign cs6.
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Eg:
Product Name
Product Description
Each are in a seprate text box with a specific paragraph style.
I am trying to generate the TOC so that it will inclue the Product Name and Description on the same line (see example of desired outcome)
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Product Name Product Description...............................Page Number
I have yet been able to figure how how to do this as there are many, many formatting options in ID.
I would greatly appreaciate if anyone had any tips for me to make this process go as smoothly as possible.
Regards,
Valerie

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Formatting a TOC in Indesign 5.5

Let's see if I can explain this clearly. I am using Indesign 5.5 to generate a book TOC. The format I want is:
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I have almost completed a low volume 400+ page book (60 copies) and need some special numbering.
I am using 8 & 16pp signatures in this book. The first section is: Front Matter, the second section is for Front Text, the Center Section is a color photo album with 40pp (2-16pp & 1-8pp signatures), and the fourth section is Back Text.
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This manual is going to be dictated in several languages
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- Sudha K

Similar to my reply to your other post (http://forums.adobe.com/message/5763674) .. since the TOC is built from the para tags, you'll need to tweak the underlying EDD to assign different tags for the headings in the different topic types so your TOC template can include/exclude the tags you want.
<sales-pitch>
Note that using DITA-FMx makes this process much easier since you can create separate "component templates" for each topic type, and it's easier to identify and modify the proper EDD. It also uses the "proper" practice of including a frontmatter/booklists/toc element in your bookmap to create a TOC rather than using a FM-specific technique.
</sales-pitch>
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Torsten

Hi,
It looks like you have inserted the script in the "XML Source" tab. Would not advise that! The XML Source tab is fine for minor amendments / tinkering, but is not the best place to insert script.
When you have LC open in Design view, there is a window at the top called "Script Editor" (available under the Windows menu).
If this is a single line, it is worth dragging the bottom bar down so that you see a few lines of script at a time.
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In the example above I am counting backwards from the total number of pages. If you document is static (number of pages does not increase) you can just script using "xfa.host.currentPage". Just remember that the page numbers are based on a zero numbering system.
Hopefully you should end up with somethin like this:
Good luck,
Niall

Question: InDesign help with e-book creation

When I place my InDesign created book into the Kindle Previewer, I run into two problems: 1) Some of its paragraphs are doublespaced and some are single. However, they are all set at 14.4 pts apart. And 2) The hyperlinks that connect the Table of Contents to each chapter do not work (when they worked on InDesign). What's happening? How can I fix these problems?

If you're running Kindle Previewer (as opposed to the Kindle plug-in for InDesign), you would have to create an EPUB first. What did the EPUB file look like in Adobe Digital Editions?
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Do you have the latest version of Kindle Previewer?

Extra Lines in my TOC

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I've tried to look for post about the problem I'm having with creating my TOC in Indesign CS6. When I go to create my TOC it creates my main header, subheader, but then adds these extra lines that starts off with a number then leader dots and ends with the same number or the next number sequence. I've attached what error I'm getting. Anyone have an idea what's happening? Or point me to a thread? Thanks in advance.

That's pretty strange. Do those numbers appear as paragraphs or isolated stories on the pages?

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Can anyone help me with an issues I'm having with the TOC in InDesign? I'm working in CS5, but I've had the same issue in CC.
Here's what's happening:
I have a TOC for figures that show up in a document. Each figure has a caption (for example: Figure 1 Triangle.)
Those captions have a paragraph styles assigned to them, and that paragraph style links to the TOC for the figure list.
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I knew you would have an idea. That's why I ask you
Here's a screenshot of the TOC as I want it to look:
sorry that it's not in English, but you get the point, right? The first work on the left is "Figure."
I added a forced line break in Figure 3 to make it go onto the next line. That wasn't a good thing to do though, because the break gets overridden when I update the TOC. If I add the line break in the actual Figure 3 caption on page 6, the TOC picks that up. The problem is that I don't want a line break in the actual caption on page 6.
Here's the TOC as it updates:
The figure 3 line takes up too much space and there is no space for the tab leader. And I don't really want to change the tracking in that caption, though I could do that if theres no other way.
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