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Sofia25629549ta0q
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December 20, 2023
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TOC does not show all of my chapter titles

  • December 20, 2023
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HELP! 

 

I've tried creating a TOC for my formatting project but it doesn't show all of my chapter titles. I have no idea why! 😞

a few things about this book:

1. it's 700 pages long

2. 1000+ footnotes

3. Several images

 

Not sure if those are a factor for the missing titles but I have created a TOC for version 1 but now I can't seem to find the reason why it cuts on page 200 something.

 

 

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Willi Adelberger
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Willi AdelbergerCommunity Expert
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December 20, 2023

Have all titles the exactly same paragraph style?

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Sofia25629549ta0qAuthor
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December 20, 2023

Yes, so the chapter title has one paragraph style, the subheadings has one and the part name has one. So when I create the TOC , i have 3 separate styles added.

Willi Adelberger
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Willi AdelbergerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
December 21, 2023

Are they also case sensitive the same and they are in the same folder?

James Gifford—NitroPress
James Gifford—NitroPress
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December 20, 2023

That's getting up there for a book/file size but it should be well within InDesign's capabilties.

 

The only reason I know for a TOC update to skip entries is because it's looking for specific Paragraph Styles (e.g. Chapter Title) and will only collect that exact style for inclusion.

 

I'd go through and make sure every element you want in the TOC — chapter number, chapter title, major headings — is assigned EXACTLY the same Paragraph Style. It should not take anything more than that.

 

General rules — create a separate, named TOC 'style' and save it. Don't use the default TOC style. And save that style every time you make a change, or the changes will be lost on the next update.

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    Sofia25629549ta0qAuthor
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    December 20, 2023

    Thank you for responding.

     

    I did check all the chapter title style but it still cuts off on a certain chapter. I tried checking the edit story to see if it is just hidden, and there's nothing there as well.:( 

    James Gifford—NitroPress
    James Gifford—NitroPress
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    December 20, 2023

    Is this all in a single INDD file, or in multiple files within a Book?

     

    If you haven't, try 'fixing' the document by saving it to IDML, then opening that file and saving as INDD under a new name. That can fix all kinds of document corruption that causes inexplicable faults like this.

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