fatal error when upadating or deleting table of contents

[esterk42897401]

Hi,

I'm experiencing a fatal error when I want to update the table of contents. Indesign crashes and the file is corrupted. What to do now? The document is ready and updating the table of contents was the last thing to do and now I can't finish it. I've attached the file, I don't know if that helps?

Is this bug fixable? Can I avoid this from happening again?

Thank you

[James Gifford—NitroPress · Accepted solution]

Delete the TOC and create a new "style" definition for it. (General tip: always create a new named style, don't use or modify the Default one.)

If the file is too corrupted to permit that, try saving it to IDML and reopening it. Worst case, select all the contents and paste them into a new, clean file. That usually fixes general document corruption.

Then try deleting and rebuilding the TOC definition.

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[esterk42897401]

Ah, thank you, saving it as IDML did the trick 🙂