How to Create Consistent Headers and Chapter TOCs in InDesign

[milko259349307s4y]

good morning community,

I want to know if someone can suggest me the pro way to create a document with a header like the one marked with the red curly bracket.

In this example clicking the first house icon go to the TOC, every number go to respective chapter number.

This header must be present in every page.

last question:

to create the chapter TOC like the onemarked with the magenta curly bracket (10, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3), would you use indesign's book function (i'd rather not) or what else ?
thx

p.s.:
a glass of Amarone (or Traminer) for the best answers
;D

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[Mike Witherell]

I could imagine the top as 14 parent pages, and the bottom as at least two paragraph styles that employ numbering.

[Milko con la elle]

Thx @Mike Witherell and @Barb Binder for your suggestion.

since the image refers to a page with a TOC summary of the following chapters, would it be a good idea to create a cross-reference to each chapter (example: <paraNum/>^t<paraText/>^t<pageNum/>) instead of rewriting the chapters with a numbered list?

thanks.

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

Are you the same person as the OP?

Also, it reads as if you are referring to FrameMaker, not InDesign. The top sections could be done with hyperlinks. 

[Milko con la elle]

• yes, same.
• no I refer to indd.
• yes, The top sections could be done with hyperlinks, but my question refer tonumbered list chapters: 
  is it a good idea to create a cross-reference to each chapter (example: <paraNum/>^t<paraText/>^t<pageNum/>) instead of rewriting the chapters with a numbered list?

thx @Dave Creamer of IDEAS 

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

Without having the file in front of me, I would...

• Use the built-in chapter numbering for the individual chapters.
• I would use the automated TOC, however InDesign won't pick up the paranum like Frame will. You just need to use a numbered list with the TOC styles.
• X-refs generally want to copy _something_ from the referenced text, but it the paragraph or page number. Of course, you can use a x-ref to a hyperlink destination to eliminate the problem. Effectively, they are going to do the same thing.

[Barb Binder]

I'm thinking 16, Mike—the numbers plus the house and list icon. 

As for the numbered heads in a single chapter, follow Mike's suggestion to set up auto-numbering. It might look something like this:

You haven't asked this yet, but I'd use cross-references for the mini-TOC (aka the list of interior heads/page numbers on the first page of each chapter). 

~Barb