Table of Contents Numbering Multiple Threads Issue

[Casey27087016yru2]

Hello. I have multiple text threads in my document. The first thread stops on page 14. In my table of contents, all of the sections after that say they are on page 14, despite the fact that they are not. I know this is an issue because I have multiple threads within the document. What can I do to get the sections correctly numbered?

[Mike Witherell]

Assuming you generated the ToC from Layout menu > Table of Contents

and assuming you used paragraph styles for the headings you want listed,

then (without seeing your document) it appears either

1. all your pages after page 14 are numbered 14, or

2. most of your ToC was manually-typed

[Casey27087016yru2]

No, neither of those things are right. My pages are numbered correctly and the ToC was generated from the Layout Menu. Originally my document was one large thread (for nearly 150 pages). I cut up the thread into each section (based on my ToC) so now I have multiple threads going. The only accurately numbered thread in my ToC is the first one, which goes up until page 14. Before I split up my large thread into smaller ones, the ToC was correctly numbered. When I hit "update", that's when I got the error when it only displays page 14.

[Barb Binder]

Hi @Casey27087016yru2:

We need more info to help you. Could you share your Pages panel with the top 10-15 spreads visible?

~Barb

[Casey27087016yru2]

 

[Mike Witherell]

Hmmm. Want to share your document?

[Casey27087016yru2]

I will private message it to you if that's ok!

[John Mensinger]

Multiple text threads shouldn't cause this, provided your heading style disciplines are intact. Also, the ToC must be birthed in a flow-independent frame. Did you generate the ToC in a frame that's part of that first thread? 

[Casey27087016yru2]

I know I'm doing something wrong on the back-end setting it up. I generated the ToC in it's own individual frame.

[Mike Witherell · Accepted solution]

I played with the file. It seems that there is a ton of overset text starting on page 14. Your two pages of ToC gets to page 14 and seems to stay there but if you look at the Story Editor, there is much more in overset condition after page 14. 

So, when you click on Update Table of Contents, and it asks you to include overset items, click NO and it will update correctly with what is on the visible pages.

You might consider going to page 14 and deleting all the miles of overset text from the textframe on that page.