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No index in my Table of Contents

  • May 7, 2011
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My book includes a TOC (table of contents) and IOM (index) file.

All of the chapters in my book have a chapter title tagged to the "Title" tag.  The last "chapter" in my book is the IOM file.  In the IOM file, I have a "Title" tag, with the value of "Index".

When I generate my TOC, all of the chapter titles in my book are listed, however, the Index does not get included in the TOC, even though I have the "Title" tag included in my TOC setup (see below).

So how do I get the Index to appear in the table of contents?

Thanks.

Sam

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    Correct answer Arnis Gubins

    Yes. FM doesn't look at the contents on the Master pages. It only pulls the content from the active flows on your Body pages.

    If you see the "Index" string in your index file when looking at the first Body page, that means it is set up in a background text frame on the First Master page. Wrong place for this info if you need to put it in the TOC - it has to be on a Body page.

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    Arnis Gubins
    Inspiring
    May 7, 2011

    Make sure that the first line of the index file has the string "Index" with the Title paratag applied to that line.

    Sam StateAuthor
    Known Participant
    May 7, 2011
    >> Make sure that the first line of the index file has the string "Index"
    >> with the Title paratag applied to that line.

    Does it make any difference if this task has alread been done in the Master page "First"?  I already had the first line in the "First" Master Page associated with a Title paragraph tag, containing value "Index".  See snapshot below:

    Arnis Gubins
    Arnis GubinsCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    May 7, 2011

    Yes. FM doesn't look at the contents on the Master pages. It only pulls the content from the active flows on your Body pages.

    If you see the "Index" string in your index file when looking at the first Body page, that means it is set up in a background text frame on the First Master page. Wrong place for this info if you need to put it in the TOC - it has to be on a Body page.