Table of Contents deleted - but still prevents EPUB export

Question

Hi I’ve run into an interesting challenge trying to convert my print book design into an EPUB in InDesign. I deleted the table of contents. But KindlePreviewer 3 gives the error message below when I try to download as EPUB, saying TOC hyperlinks have been found without target text anchor info.

I’m concerned that if I do what the error message says, (which is make text anchor in soucre paragraph), the document will still have a print TOC and that will mess with the EPUB’s TOC with hyperlinks.

Here’s the process I went through to try to fix the problem:

On the contents page, I selected the text frame the TOC sat within and deleted the frame.
Then I deleted the page that the TOC was on.
Then tried to download it as EPUB and got the error message.

So I followed online instructions as follows:

Deleted the para styles that I had applied to TOC body copy and chapter heading.
Created new chapter heading para style.
The TOC was not linked to a specific table of contents file
In Windows > Links, the only links are photos
I removed guides via View > Grids & Guides > Delete all guides in spread
I restarted InDesign

Below I include what I see in Layout > Table of Contents

I hope you can help!

Eugene Tyson · Answer

alternative to check if this works - could be something built up in the background of the file.

Open the document that contains the pages you want to move.

Check the Page Setup of the Source:
With the source document open:

Go to File > Document Setup to see the page size, orientation, and number of pages.

Go to Layout > Margins and Columns to check the margin settings.

Make a note of these details — you’ll need them for the new document.

Create a New Document (Destination):
Go to File > New > Document.

Enter the same page size, orientation, and margins as the source document.

Go to File > Save As, give it a name, and save it somewhere you can find easily.

If it’s not open already, go to Window > Pages.

Switch back to the source document. In the Pages panel, select the page thumbnails you want to move.

To select a range: click the first, hold Shift, then click the last.

With the pages selected, click the menu icon (three lines) at the top right of the Pages panel and choose Move Pages…

Set the Destination:
In the Move Pages dialog box:

Move Pages: This will list your selected pages.

Destination: Choose your new document from the dropdown list.

Location: Choose where the pages should go beginning, end, before or after a certain page.

Click OK and the pages will move into the new document

Save this and see if it works for you now.

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