Is there a way to recreate the template text frames on a TOC master page?

Question

I've accidentally managed to delete the initial (template) text frames on the TOC master page of one of my manual projects. After finding out that copy pasting the text frames from another TOC master page of another manual project into this TOC master page does not put the created paragraphs into the pasted text frames but rather put them all over the page, I've tried to delete and recreate the TOC thinking that this action would solve the problem. Unfortunately this did create the same problematic TOC with the missing template text frames one more time (and then a third time). What is the best way to get out of this mess?

Barb Binder · Accepted Answer

As I reread your post—recreating the TOC should also work but you need to delete the existing "bad" TOC from the project folder (and the book window) first. Otherwise, Fm will see it sitting in the folder and will use that automatically.

~Barb

Barb Binder · Answer

Hi @Cagataytech:

Is there a toc.backup file that you can use to restore the template frames? I always keep that feature on, even though I've only needed a backup file a handful of times over the years.

Otherwise,

File > Import > Formats and only enable the Page Layouts category from the good TOC into the one with the missing template frames, or
Note the size and position of the template frames on the good TOC (Object Properties) and then draw them back on the master pages of the one with the missing frames using the Text Frame tool. Adjust size and the position using Object Properties.

The key is that both template frames should be using Flow A and Autoconnect should be enabled.

Then update the book. And always, make a backup first.

~Barb

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