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!

[@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.

[@GR_BackingTracks]

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

[@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

[@mindfulnessnowCA]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!!

[@melissal7984]

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

[@123gorainy]

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

[@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!!

[@Radoara]

Thank you Terry, you are a great teacher.

[@kellycardinal9609]

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

[@handymads]

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

[@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.

[@dickkirkland]

Thanks for this! Your smile makes these easier to watch!

[@dataclashers]

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

[@imeuart6578]

Sir, your live contents helped me a lot

[@PamelaShelby]

Thank you for taking the time in teaching us

[@lorriemonkey]

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

[@jeannettecastaneda5832]

Another great tutorial. Thanks Terry!

[@Twananas]

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

[@donnamcfarland9275]

Exactly what I needed. Thank you.

[@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

[@Bobbybbops]

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

[@mochilacreative2732]

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

[@mohammadnasr78]

thank you Terry

[@londontagsmultimedia4456]

very useful..many thanks

[@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

[@chrisjacobs9934]

Excellent! Thanks so much!!

[@B1-CynD]

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

[@Carorca2]

Love how you explain :)

[@ralphditchburn1456]

thank you so much, you are a good teacher

[@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?

[@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.

[@joselomanta]

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

[@pointone9891]

Very intuitive!

[@ShmuelBezaleel]

nice tutorial, thx

[@smgraphics3012]

nice tutorial

[@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...

[@mabdulazimfadil]

That was so helpful thank you :D

[@mariacruse6195]

Awesome!

[@SusyS]

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[@dhammachethiyang]

Realy NIce. Thank you

[@user-yt3eu4jx8g]

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

[@chrysart7429]

Great tutorial!

[@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)

[@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?

[@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

[@miroslavalterov6167]

thank you

[@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? :)

[@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

[@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?

[@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 😫🤯

[@trinitylutheranchurchandsc6526]

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

[@msumzam]

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

[@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?

[@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 :( :( :(

[@Serraomomma]

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

[@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.

[@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!!!

[@mypoetry4u2see]

Have you worked in docubridge

[@angelizqn]

Just subscribed.