InDesign TOC
bhaake (7 points) | Sat, 2009-01-03 18:38I think I posted this in the wrong topic, so am reposting here. sorry..newbie.
Question:
Is anyone here using InDesign CS3? I'm at the last stages of my catalog and am looking for shortcuts to making my TOC and Index pages. I always seem to be doing it the hard way. Most of my work thusfar has been with short publications. So I have done it by hand. Now I am finishing up a 300 page catalog and need to know how to make the TOC the correct way. I know it involves paragraph styles, but since I make my catalog in category books and then put them all together at the end, I waited and now am not sure how to do it all at once. I did make sure each "page title" uses the same character style if that helps.
Well, I hope someone knows what I am talking about and can give me a good tip for finishing this book up.
Babs Haake
Graphic Designer
Publications Manager
Babs Haake
Graphic Designer
Publications Manager
For the TOC: If you have Chapter Headers (for example) that is, Chapter 1, Chapter 2 etc, when you STYLE those headers with a paragraph style THAT Paragraph Style is used to tell the TOC generator what you want for your "list" in the TOC. You set it in the "Generate TOC" menu.
For more info you can go here: http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/?s=TOC
or here:
http://indesignsecrets.com/
or try Adobe: http://tinyurl.com/2v2m7v
Hope this helps for TOC, never did an Index, so.. . good luck!
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