How to Create a Table of Contents in Adobe InDesign CC

[@createdbymoneeka6728]

I don’t even know why I try to fool with anyone else’s tutorials. Terry always comes with the knowledge!! That name is so fitting!

[@mindfulnessnowCA]

The Adobe community is lucky to have you, Terry! This helped me a ton today. Thank you!

[@neonstarfruit-ry2ju]

Very useful tutorial. Thank you. It led me to figure out how to make a table of contents that includes subections. It involves the Table of Contents Styles mentioned at the end of the video tutorial. The steps are fairly easy once they have been figured out. Adds a little more tedious setup, but it is worth it for texts that are still developing. Posting it here for anyone: InDesign: Contents Chp & Sec w/ Dynamic Page Numbering 1. Make the text frames for each chapter and chapter section. 2. Make the style links for each chapter and chapter section frame. 3. Make two styles, one for chapters and one for sections. 4. Make TOC styles for each chapter and section. 5. Use the normal TOC menu to select from the TOC styles that were just made and draw a frame for each. This is so important because I know how much the content for a user manual changes and consequently changes the page numbering for each section. Make the dynamic contents frame(s) once and it takes care of itself even when the content of each chapter and section changes. No need to update the pageing each time you think of better wording, new ideas, new images or new sections.

[@MessiahMatters]

I come back to this video every time I finish a document and need a table of contents. I hope you never take it down cause I use it a lot. Thanks for the great breakdown.

[@Blackblaze2007]

Thanks Terry.. I cannot be a graphic designer without your tutorials.. I am what I am as a designer because of the knowledges you shared... Thank you so much

[@GR_BackingTracks]

15 minutes in and I've learned more than 2 hours of other people's TOC videos... Thanks!

[@melissal7984]

Terry your such a gifted teacher! Thank-you so much! This was very helpful

[@jkneumann6690]

I've only recently been pressed to create a (100pg) book for a client that warranted creating a true TOC (previous projects were only 16-20 pages long) and I bit the bullet and studied up on it. After almost a dozen videos that attempted to put it together in various ways, YOURS was the one that finally clicked for me. I've enjoyed several of your previous Adobe vids as well but this one has saved me. Thank you.

[@LarryBecker]

This was a HUGE help to me today as I was laying out my next book. Saved me days of experimenting and trouble-shooting. Thank you Terry!!

[@123gorainy]

You are such a lifesaver, Terry. THANK YOU!!

[@angelizqn]

It's 2022 and you taught me a few tricks that I didn't even know and I've been working with InDesign for almost two decades. In addition, your teaching skill is very soothing.

[@kellycardinal9609]

Hi in 2024, still referring back to this so so helpful video. Thanks Terry!

[@lailabishay3612]

Thank you so much for this! I've watched other tutorials on this topic and yours is by far the best I've seen. I've achieved what I needed to achieve without once screaming at my screen. Great job!!

[@jayculotta5561]

I just discovered your channel, watched the create index in InDesign video, and I am thoroughly impressed. I will be absolutely watching other videos and subcribe. Your presentations are clear, precise and easy to understand.

[@handymads]

Thanks Terry. This was a lot more understandable and on-point than even Adobe's tutorials.

[@Radoara]

Thank you Terry, you are a great teacher.

[@imeuart6578]

Sir, your live contents helped me a lot

[@UnchartedPhenomenaX]

Awesome video. You saved me a TONNNN of time!!!!! Thanks a lot.

[@PamelaShelby]

Thank you for taking the time in teaching us

[@donnamcfarland9275]

Exactly what I needed. Thank you.

[@lorriemonkey]

Super helpful! I love your style of communication! Great set up you have there!

[@jeannettecastaneda5832]

Another great tutorial. Thanks Terry!

[@gerbrandmijzen1371]

Love all your Adobe CC movies, keep going Terry. (Detail: 11:29 min. it's under MORE options, changing to FEWER options after)

[@jaramiestumpf2811]

Hey Terry, Just want to say you're awesome and thanks for the videos. They have been very helpful and well made. Cheers

[@majidyeganegi517]

Terry, Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have prepared several chapters of my book in separate documents. Brought them in a "book" file. I do not know the next steps including how to insert a TOC that includes all documents within the book and numbering also. Do you mind helping me describing the process, please?

[@Bobbybbops]

Awesome vid. Thanks! Post more on accessibilty with indesign!

[@silviavercherpons]

Thanks! What do you do if you have an INDD doc separated in chapters as a book ? How do you create a TOC of all of them ?

[@TerryLeeWhite]

If you have each chapter as a separate INDD then use the Book feature which allows you to create a TOC of the whole book.

[@mochilacreative2732]

Man, such a great tutorial! Definitely going to see what else is on your channel.

[@Twananas]

Thanks! Just started with InDesign for a uni book and this is super helpful!

[@DianaMJoice]

Hello Terry, I love your in depth evangelist sessions. *grins from ear to ear. I am currently challenged with the creation of an TOC across several pages and i have no clue how to do that. Could you make a tutorial about something like that with subtitles displayed as well? The idea is to have the titles and subtitles displayed in the TOC but it spans over several pages, if I want to make it pretty. Well, as pretty as a TOC can be. Would love to see a video about it. Thank you for all of your recent tutorials. A Happy New Year! Diana

[@Monica-k6r]

Can you use automatic table of content for more creative TOC?

[@mandapanda4201]

Terry, can you please tell Adobe to create a preview for the TOC dialog box??? And maybe simplify it a smidge? I always have to re-teach myself how to do this...

[@Red_E_Read]

Hi Terry, just viewed this and I have a question for you. Can you have multiple TOCs within a single document? So for example the main TOC would have (say) Cars; Planes; Motorbikes and then when you click on Cars it takes you the the Car section where there is another [sub] TOC with Ford, Volvo, General Motors.. and if you had clicked on Planes that section would show Boeing: Airbus; Fokker… (etc)

[@CynD-CynD]

Thank you very much for your tips! Love your channel and became a new subscriber for the first time today. Peace.

[@chrisjacobs9934]

Excellent! Thanks so much!!

[@londontagsmultimedia4456]

very useful..many thanks

[@matt8445]

Here is a question. I did this and applied paragraph styles to my items in the TOC. When I "update" my TOC the style seems to revert back tot the paragraph style/character style that the actual section text seems to have (in my case big bold white text). This is super frustrating. Can you think of something I may be doing incorrectly?

[@trinitylutheranchurchandsc6526]

Is it possible to generate a TOC from the file names of an imported PDF document?

[@renateloise7150]

hey, so i have a question, so if you have a content that is going over 3 pages, for example, Sketches.... page 4-6. Hvow do i do that? :)

[@betsanevans8197]

Hi Terry, thanks for this tutorial but I'm afraid my indesign has a mind of it's own I'm working on an interactive manifest in two language both are separate files. When I did the table of contents in the first language I selected no page number. Put when adding the table of contents it added the page numbers, I tried adding it several times and still shows page numbers so I stuck with it. I'm now making the table of contents for the English version I've selected no page numbers and this time its not showing page number but when I select show numbers its not showing any numbers. This is driving me crazy. Please can you help.. Many thanks

[@mohammadnasr78]

thank you Terry

[@HeatherFaraMS]

hold up, When you started talking about epub, if you were printing and publishing online you would save two versions right? You can't set rules for both in one document correct?

[@Carorca2]

Love how you explain :)

[@msumzam]

How do you make the TOC items to change colour when you hover? Thanks

[@HealthAndBeautyNut]

Terry - How do you add an automatic line break in an entry within the table of contents if the entry is really long and runs into the page number?

[@LosPhillips]

Why is there no option for Title Case? That would be very helpful for formatting TOC

[@chayasarahfogel3603]

tried to do this and got a text box with the word Contents and nothing else. please advise

[@caledonseniorssatellite2002]

does the TOC need to be in the threaded story text boxes or should it be separate?

[@TerryLeeWhite]

Caledon Seniors Satellite threaded frames if it’s long.

[@Serraomomma]

How do you edit the TOC once you have it placed?

[@joselomanta]

tranks ¡¡ i love indesign and use it for ebooks and print, this help me a lot, you are the best

[@ralphditchburn1456]

thank you so much, you are a good teacher

[@pointone9891]

Very intuitive!

[@denatheexplorer]

Can you just do it for me??? Have an existing file with many pieces, and I keep having to update the TOC manually because I didn't create paragraph styles or stylesheets. My brain 😫🤯

[@mypoetry4u2see]

Have you worked in docubridge

[@smgraphics3012]

nice tutorial

[@ShmuelBezaleel]

nice tutorial, thx

[@mariacruse6195]

Awesome!

[@genegirl2518]

Hello Terry, I have created a genealogy book with about 200 pages. I want to create a TOC that has a range of pages vs individual pages. for instance Smith .................1-10 vs 10 entries for Smith with individual page numbers. Please help this is driving me crazy. love your utubes very well done!!

[@heidimaria777]

No matter what I do I can't get the TOC to work :( :( :(

[@mabdulazimfadil]

That was so helpful thank you :D

[@chrysart7429]

Great tutorial!

[@SusyS]

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[@dhammachethiyang]

Realy NIce. Thank you

[@alterovstudio]

thank you

[@nunyubiznezz]

Is there an InDesign way to generate a *Cross* *Referenced* *Index?* That's something that many clients want and will really PAY for! Doing it manually is the single biggest time hog in setting and publishing a book!!!

[@angelizqn]

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