I'm sure someone has answered this, but I can't find it. What is the proper way to produce a ToC that has Level 1 entries not run in with Page number, and has Level 2 entries as Run In separated with ;(space) AND has page numbers as shown in the jpg attached?
Each of these can be from paragraph styles in the text. The ToC dialogue has Run In as an option, but I think that's for the whole ToC?
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So, you are correct about the entire TOC being run in, or not. But here's how it works: when the tag names are sequential, i.e. 2 or more Trails tags in a row they run in. If the tag names change, i.e., 1 Main Heading followed by 1 Trails, they break on to new lines. So, I see two options:
- Make the whole thing run-in and manually adjust after the final update OR
- Create two tags for the Main Heading. For example Main Heading and Main Heading1. Be sure Main Heading1
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I'd opt to set-up the Table of Contents Style as a Run-in style. The only issue you'll encounter in that case is that where there are no secondary level headings following a preliminary (top level) heading you'll get those top level headings as run-in headings as well, but can probably easily set-up a Find/Change query that -- based on paragraph style -- removes the ';' delimiter and replaces that with a paragraph return to fix that after the Table of Contents is added / updated
To NOT get page numbers behind the top level headings:
- in The Table of Content Style dialog box where you define the table of contents, click on More Options so you see the expanded version of the dialog box.
- Select the Heading (H1 in screenshot below), that is formatted as a Level 1 heading, and set Page Number option to 'No Page Number'.
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So, you are correct about the entire TOC being run in, or not. But here's how it works: when the tag names are sequential, i.e. 2 or more Trails tags in a row they run in. If the tag names change, i.e., 1 Main Heading followed by 1 Trails, they break on to new lines. So, I see two options:
- Make the whole thing run-in and manually adjust after the final update OR
- Create two tags for the Main Heading. For example Main Heading and Main Heading1. Be sure Main Heading1 is based on Main Heading and has the exact same definition. (This means if you ever update Main Heading, Main Heading1 will update simultaneously.
- Alternate the tagging for the consecutive heads (1 is Main Heading, the next is Main Heading1, then Main Heading, etc.) If they aren't consecutive (i.e., Evergreen and Steamboat), they can just be Main Headings.
- Now back the the TOC dialog box. Map both Main Headings to the same TOC style. Turn Run-in on.
- Then map the Trails tag to the TrailsTOC style and add your em dash between the entry and the number.
- Then update!
~Barb
P.S. you do have my favorite Evergreen and Steamboat trails in there somewhere, right? 
Hi Sue!
Yes, I'm in Evergreen, CO and picked up on former Coloradan Erica Gamet's comment and decided to have some fun with it. The hikes are all so familiar to me that I'm not sure I would have noticed, otherwise. 
Are you local, as well? If so, come join us at the Denver Adobe CC User Group! We meet every other month in RiNo, pretty close to Coors Field.
Anyway, I know that the run-in works for multiple instances of the same paragraph tag in the source document, so I was just playing with the concept to come up with an idea for you to handle the front matter. I'm so glad it works for you. Happy new year!
~Barb
don't ask me how long
What??? I remember the day I met you, Erica Gamet! 
It was a year after I moved to Colorado (in 2005, so we met in 2006). I had planned to "retire" after the move but was so bored that first year that I decided I needed to get back in the game. I found IDUG (InDesign Denver User Group), started training again, and never looked back.
Sue, I used to present for Erica at IDUG fairly regularly—maybe our paths have crossed before. And we have members coming down from Firestone, so if you want to carpool...! No pressure, though, LOL. Just know that we are there if you need us.
~Barb
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