TOC in Printed Documentation

How do I specify the location of the TOC in the printed
documentation? I would like it to appear after the title page, but
it always shows up before it.

That's right. The title page that is created by the printed
documentation is a default start page which you have little control
over. If you have imported a word document that already contains a
title page this will not appear before the TOC because RH does not
recognise it as such. Those of us who create printed docs usually
do as you describe. We create a generic title page that is stored
in a separate word file. Then we generate the output and copy the
title page into it. You'll need to remove the title page from the
printed documentation process though or else you'll end up with two
of them! Hope this helps.

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