Create or import TOC styles
If you need to create different tables of contents in your document or book, or if you want to use the same TOC formatting in another document, create a TOC style for each type of TOC. For example, you can use one TOC style for a list of contents and another for a list of advertisers, illustrations, or photo credits.
Note: Don’t confuse TOC styles with paragraph styles
that have a “TOC” prefix. TOC-prefixed paragraph styles (for example
“TOC title”) are used to format the table of contents entries themselves.
In contrast, a TOC style is a collection of settings used to automatically
create a table of contents.
Create a TOC style
- Choose Layout > Table Of Contents Styles.
- Click New.
- Type a name for the TOC style you are creating.
- In the Title box, type a title for your TOC (such as Contents or List of Figures). This title will appear at the top of the table of contents. To specify a title style, choose a style from the Style menu.
- From the Other Styles list, select the paragraph styles that represent content you want to include in the table of contents, then click Add to add them to the Include Paragraph Styles list.
- Specify options to determine how each paragraph style is formatted. (See Options for formatting a table of contents.)
Import TOC styles from another document
- Choose Layout > Table Of Contents Styles.
- Click Load, select the InDesign file containing the TOC styles you want to copy, and then click Open.
- Click OK.
Note: If the paragraph styles in your document
do not match the paragraph styles in the TOC style you import, you’ll
need to edit the TOC style before generating a table of contents.
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