PUBLISHING

Tables of contents
Ebooks have two different types of tables of contents: the conventional one
which is part of the text (more or less like any chapter in your book, only with
links to the other chapters and sections); and one that is accessed through the
menus of the user’s e-reader device or application, regardless of which page
the user is currently viewing.
InDesign facilitates the creation of both types. InDesign generates tables of
contents based on styled paragraphs. For example, you might want to generate
a table of contents based on all paragraphs formatted with the Heading 1 and
Heading 2 styles, or as in the following example, based on all of the ‘ChapName’
elements.
Creating a Table of Contents Style
1. Choose Layout > Table of Contents Styles and then click New in the
dialog box that appears. The New Table of Contents Style dialog box
will now appear.
2. Fill in the Title, for example ‘Contents’. This will be used for the
heading above the generated table of contents. Then choose which
paragraph style to apply to that heading.
3. Choose which types of paragraph will be used to populate the table of
contents, such as headings or chapter names.
4. Click More Options on the upper right-hand side of the dialog box (if this
option is already selected, the option Fewer Options will appear instead).
5. In the area titled Style, choose which style to apply to each type of element
in the table of contents. It’s a good idea to create special styles
for these elements.
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