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After i,port from a docx file, the TOC I had somehow turned to text and now I want to delete it but it won't delete. How do I do this?

Forum|Forum|1 month ago
May 25, 2026
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After I imported my story from a docx file, the TOC I had in Libre somehow turned to text and now I want to delete it but it won't delete.

I have used ChatGPT to help and it has suggest many things but nothing I do gets rid of those 5 pages which were the original TOC but I think are are now text added to the story..

What is the best way for me to proceed to get rid of it so I can create a proper TOC.

Thank you

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ozstarAuthor

Inspiring

I have tried and tried to get the text frames inside the page frame but to no avail,

I have set the A-Parent frames exactly on the Page frame ad done a Cop yParent to All Pages however it does work up to page 6 , but from page 7 on right side it does not change from being a few characters outside the purple frame.

I checked the original doco that I moved pages here and they are all aligned correctly so somehow in the move it has moved the frames..

All Margins ns Cols are correct in both source and destination docs.

I’m sorry to take up so much oxygen here as I know many have their own probs, however I cannot move any further, so do need some direction please.☹️

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Manan Joshi

Community Expert

Then maybe the copying of pages from one document to another is causing the issue. Try copying to a fresh document, if this is already done and not working then probably the last this is to just copy the text from the source document and pasting it in the other document, I am hoping that majority of the text is a threaded story so a single copy should suffice

-Manan

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ozstarAuthor

Inspiring

Many thanks. I redid the move, this time not adding a blank page and when it moved, it is now the left page that is out of alignmnt, not the right side as before when I added that blank page.

It just seems that both source and destination are different, yet they are from the same file so margins etc are exactly the same.

It seems strange how a move can move the text frames.

I will try the paste method.

This whole thing started because I cannot delete the 5 pages that were the TOC in Word, but got changed to text when moving to ID.

If I could be able to delete them in the orig ID file, all this move stuiff wiould be not needed.

Anyway.. I really thank you for the help.

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ozstarAuthor

Inspiring

Doh! Okay I have recreated the new doc with no text frame in the blank page and moved the pages. This time only the moved frames however they are still offset. They are the correct text frame size but off centre toward gutter. All are like this.

I checked the Margins and both source and destination are the same, but maybe there is something I have or have not done such as you suggested but I do see Smart Text overflow is unchecked.

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ozstarAuthor

Inspiring

Back again!! :-(

Whilst it did move the correct pages to the new doco without the TOC as needed, I notice now in the new doco that the text frame on the left side is maybe 5 characers closer to the gutter (outside the page frame) whist the right side is only 2 characters closer to gutter (outside page frame).

It seems there is now two text frames on each page, One empty one that is in the correct position and the one that was moved with text which is off centre.

I checked the original and it only has one frame which is centered correctly.

There was only the blank in the new doco before the move.

I’ve got an idea what happened but not sure how to correct. Either in source or new doco.

Sorry to present this problem..

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Manan Joshi

Community Expert

But how come the destination document had blank frame? We started with a blank page right? Do you something like smart overflow setup with the Primary Text Frame? This is the only setup I can think of which can create a blank frame at the doc creation

-Manan

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ozstarAuthor

Inspiring

Frabtastic! Yes that worked. Deleted all but new blank, the moved from currnet with those pesky TOC pages. Now to check they are all there and try and create a proper TOC. Good job and many thanks, you can teach ChatGPT now :-)

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Manan Joshi

Community Expert

Glad to know that you are now unblocked.

-Manan

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ozstarAuthor

Inspiring

Thank you. Sounds like a plan. I'll give that a go when I get back.

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Manan Joshi

Community Expert

How about you move other pages of the document into a fresh document? Does deleting pages where the story is placed work rather than deleting the story?

-Manan

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ozstarAuthor

Inspiring

Can I somehow have a new doc with same setup as the current one to move pages to?

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Manan Joshi

Community Expert

Which setting would you want to copy, page, margin size etc? Were you able to delete the pages?

I would say the best option would be create a copy of the existing file, try deleting the problematic pages, if that does not work then maybe add a new blank page and delete all pages except the new blank page. Now you are left with a blank document to which you can copy the pages from the original doc.

-Manan

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