How to create a table of contents that has pages numbered with Roman numerals and regular numbers

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September 15, 2026
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Can someone point me to a tutorial on How to create a table of contents that has pages numbered with Roman numerals and regular numbers such as:

Preface .....… ..... i
Acknowledgements ....ii
Author....… .......iii

Frank Blank ..........1
John Doe..............5
Jim Swim.............10
Joe Schmo..........13

Thanks,

Joe

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Community Expert

Assuming you sectioned your pages with the proper format using the Numbering & Section panel, the TOC will pick up the format.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

Randy Hagan

Community Expert

Ask and ye shall receive.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=CAESxQEB6zswFapHH6nB_zh0XgDrmT46_2lIE7hYcJJF-H7AQ93hVIs_rcCcB8IaxHO5X_5YPe3wVmay5yk6PoGG3Ek5ll4u7LN7BTNHliuqAYHMl_R8C3PRucnr4UrfjMXxszszkrr4ArusBYZPvUKAnxWn0uUbmoCih5vBo17m_dhA3tPe8EuRxpjhQuv3pYpmby0Fp0GDEnXypT66yWlWJeLgjoJrSzbcTnBV2j8ub_MtXk3FoVzrNg8_9emG3bFE6a1OH08MZw&ved=2ahUKEwjrtOfauvGWAxVD38kDHSTGOTIQFnoECDoQAQ&uoh=2&usg=AOvVaw3qAf3hTdxftzEOKsi_ijZ4

You want to go through the associated links in the left side of the page and get a feel for how to discern different sections within your InDesign document and then switch page numbering models as you’d like.

Hope this helps,

Randy

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Community Expert

@Randy Hagan I believe that is just for how the page numbers appear in the Pages panel. I don’t think it will affect the TOC. Please correct me if I’m wrong...

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

Randy Hagan

Community Expert

Actually it entirely will.

If it affects the page numbers in the document, it will correspond to the
ToC. Though I will say, I should emphasize that the OP always wants to run a new ToC after making those changes and replace the previous one than try to use InDesign’s options to “replace existing Table of Contents” for this, among other reasons.

Randy

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