TOC alternatives.. ??

Hi all,

Apologies for the late reply. I ended up going with Cross References. As much as it was long and cumbersome to set up initially I think it will be easiest in the long run.

Thank you all for your suggestions.

Cheers.

Willi Adelberger's suggestion is probably the way to go in this case, as it means you can format the TOC freely, add any text you need, and then page numbers stay updated automatically so no need regenerate anything (and lose all custom formatting and text you've added).

If you decide to go that route, it's worth checking out https://www.id-extras.com/products/livetoc/ which makes the process of creating the live cross-references much simpler, especially if you've got many of them to do.

Ariel

Here's a trick that might work for you. It uses what I call "faux TOC text" because the blurb you want to add (reading section 12...) will be on the pasteboard where that section begins.

1. Create the document. Use paragraph styles to format the headings that you'll be picking up for the TOC. (nothing different here.)

2. Create a text frame on the pasteboard of the page where the heading is and place your client's blurb text in it. Adjust the frame so that it overlaps onto the live page area. You can also place this faux frame on a non-printing layer. Format it with a paragraph style.

3. Make the TOC style. Add the regular headings to be picked up by the TOC generator. Also pick up the blurb as a TOC entry, but leave off the page number.

4. Generate the TOC and adjust the TOC formatting styles to give the appearance to suit your design.

Format the story titles and faux blurb text.

Create the TOC style and include the Story Blurbs as an entry without page numbers.

Generate the TOC.