How to Make a Table of Contents in Affinity Publisher

[@Dangerousdaze]

Whenever I look up how to do something in Affinity and find a video that starts with Ally's smiley face I know my question is about to be clearly answered. Thanks!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Aww, thank you Nick! 🤗

[@Aarononautos]

I bought her coarse. Way worth it.

[@KathleenRenninger]

I think you just saved my life! A very well-explained set of instructions. Also appreciate the heads-up about not using artistic text.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Artistic text vs. Text Frames definitely gave me trouble when I was first starting with Affinity, so I'm glad to save you the frustration! 😊

[@selfpublishingwithsomm3904]

Fantastic video. She is such a natural teacher. Loved it.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked the video 🤗

[@serenadenphoto]

Very useful presentation of how to create a TOC. Tips! You can use soft return (shift+enter) to break lines and it will appear as one line in the TOC.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Great tip! 😊

[@janesmith9628]

Super-great help and explained everything I needed to get a Table of Contents out today!! THANKS !!

[@AffinityRevolution]

You're welcome! Glad it helped. 😊

[@SiyabongaMkabela]

I came back. Thank you for this. So useful.

[@AffinityRevolution]

My pleasure! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@ryans_life]

Another fantastic and useful video Ally. This is looking like a great piece of software for SOHO

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you Ryan! 😊

[@webdev7853]

i press like before watching each time thanks for this awesone course , but we hope more tutourials

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@tkarlmann]

Nice video! Is there any way to make the page numbers into links that, when clicked, take you to that page?

[@AffinityRevolution]

When exporting the file as a PDF, scroll down to the "Advanced" section and turn on "Include hyperlinks". Then the Table of Contents will be clickable in the PDF. 🙂

[@tkarlmann]

@@AffinityRevolution Wow! Thanks much!

[@LucasAlmeida-fx6eb]

You look so happy using affinity that I almost opened it accidentally hahah, great tutorial, thanks to you I was able to get it done!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you Lucas! 😊

[@BlueTangoProject]

It's been proven scientifically: Using Affinity makes you happy! Happens to me all the time (especially when I remember I'm not paying a fortune to use it every month).

[@LucasAlmeida-fx6eb]

@@BlueTangoProject HAHAHAHAHA I would definetly believe this if it appeared in a science magazine or something 🤣

[@ahimsainternational3361]

Excellent tutor!

[@flybyaudio2830]

Super helpful! Thank You! Especially Tab stops :)

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked the video. 😊

[@Puckerization]

Great tutorial thank you! If you have hundreds of pages you've imported into Publisher with unformatted headings and sub-headings of a certain size font. Can you do a "Search and Replace" to create a Table of Contents rather than go through every page with every heading and sub-heading and manually format them and then convert to ToC?

[@AffinityRevolution]

I could be wrong, but I don't think that's possible... you could try asking on the official Affinity forums: forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-on-desktop-questions-mac-and-windows/

[@robinbaldrian3352]

Amazing Tutorial. Very clear and good explanation. It helped me out, thanks a lot! :)

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@morelius]

Thank you for this video! Super useful!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@hichsonmcthebe9669]

Great tutorials. Thank you.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you like them. 😊

[@alantuttphotography]

The 2-line problem you described is one reason why Affinity Publisher and Designer need a way to convert text between artistic and frame versions. This is something I used all the time in CorelDraw, as well as a "fit to frame" option with frame text. Is it not possible to simply edit the text in the ToC to bring the 2 lines onto 1? This is what I did in OpenOffice when that situation came up. A quick and easy fix as long as you're not updating the ToC very often.

[@AffinityRevolution]

That would be a great feature! The app is still young, and they are adding new things all the time, so let's hope they add that feature at some point. 😊

[@willamato]

Youre a great teacher. Thank you.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! 😊

[@itowmyhome797]

Thank you

[@DanielSchenk9]

Great help. Thanks much.

[@AffinityRevolution]

You're welcome! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@Zupmusic]

Very helpful Video. Thanks for that! One Question: How can i split a TOC over multiple Pages ? My generated TOC is way too long for one Page and would be cut off.

[@AffinityRevolution]

You can make a TOC that's multiple pages by making multiple text frames, and then linking them together. If you don't know how to do that, you can check out this video (starting at 34:23). 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqqZl6Sjq9GUp7s

[@karinchristensen220]

This is helpful but I have the newest version 2 which seems to be completely different and much more confusing. I cannot get the dot dot dot even though I figured out how to select it. In trying to figure it out the page numbers are no longer aligned right but instead have a tab. I tried deleting it and putting a new one in but it still had the same problems.

[@AffinityRevolution]

I'm not sure if you're in my Affinity Publisher course, but here is a link to the Table of Contents lesson in my course. The course was filmed in version 2, so you should be able to follow along. 🙂 courses.affinityrevolution.com/courses/774310/lectures/41885486

[@harold.one.feather]

this is still very relevant and I have just used such to create a pdf book

[@silverian]

Great tutorial!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@emilie1977]

Thank you! I love Affinity product

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! 😊

[@ferrilucacom]

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[@thebiomatrix]

Very helpful, thank you

[@AffinityRevolution]

You're welcome! Glad you liked it. 😊

[@DamianSwarlik]

how to add to project side panel of book, magazine, photo album? Text, small graphic ? Can u make same tutorial ? Many thanks

[@chipblock2854]

Can you type your report, etc , right in this program or is better to use word, etc., to type and edit first?

[@AffinityRevolution]

You could type a report in Publisher, but you might get distracted from your writing by all the tools, buttons, formatting options, etc. Microsoft Word is good at keeping you focused on one thing - writing! Then you can format the writing in Publisher.

[@veejibhat2516]

Very good tutorial...thank you. but i am unable to Justify all perfect after U.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked the video. 😊

[@bobbartlett8459]

Will you be updating Affinity Publisher tutorials for version 1.8

[@AffinityRevolution]

Not right now. I'm busy making a retouching course this month. 🙂

[@TheEtbetween]

Wow! Excellent

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked it. 😊

[@paulcharman8113]

I seem to be having a problem with updating the text styles as per your video having downloaded the exercise file. I've highlighted the Introduction text and then clicked on text styles but when I click on the little box to the right of Heading 1 I don't get the option to "Update heading 1. I only get this after I've clicked on Heading 1 itself and then click on the box to the right. However, when I do this it applies the heading style that was already there. I only purchased Affinity Publisher yesterday, version 1.8.3.641

[@AffinityRevolution]

For some reason, the PC version of Affinity Publisher does not let you automatically update a heading style based on text that you have already modified. Instead, you need to follow these steps: 1. Type out some text 2. Apply a heading style to it (ex: Heading 1) 3. Stylize the text however you want 4. Update the heading style. You can do this by clicking on the "Update Paragraph Style" in the Context Toolbar.

[@paulcharman8113]

@@AffinityRevolution Thankyou, somehow I managed to do it after my message yesterday basically by following your steps 1-3 but that meant that Heading 1 was highlighted along with the little box on the right of it which meant that I could then see the option to update Heading 1. Is this a bug that needs reporting to Affinity or is it how it should work in windows?

[@jaimeviloriogreen]

Great video!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! 😊

[@bertfarry3793]

What if you use a line break (shift enter) instead of return

[@AffinityRevolution]

That works as you'd expect, to create a single line break.

[@hassanalmahendra9575]

Please help, i cannot find " Update "Heading 1" " im using 1.8.5 version

[@AffinityRevolution]

For some reason, the PC version of Affinity Publisher does not let you automatically update a heading style based on text that you have already modified. Instead, you need to follow these steps: 1. Type out some text 2. Apply a heading style to it (ex: Heading 1) 3. Stylize the text however you want 4. Update the heading style. You can do this by clicking on the "Update Paragraph Style" in the Context Toolbar. cdn.fs.teachablecdn.com/ADNupMnWyR7kCWRvm76Laz/resize=width:2500/www.filepicker.io/api/file/DHsitGFRpiBhImslhkT9

[@hassanalmahendra9575]

@@AffinityRevolution Thankyou, it works now. Hope affinity make it available for pc soon

[@God-IsLove88]

Thank you for the wonderful tutorial. Do you have a video about how to keep formatting when publishing, my book keeps sifting on preview. How can I ensure the contents stays put? 😢😢😢

[@dbreardon]

*** I just tested the artistic text tool with the two line text and you are correct, you do get two lines in the TOC..........BUT!!!!!! a way to solve this issue is to: 1. Press "shift-return" when making two lines with the artistic text tool or 2. Use Text>Insert>Break>Line Break *** So instead of a "hard" return, you are just inserting a "line break". When you insert a "line break" into your artistic text to get two lines, it will still show up as just one line in the TOC!!!! Problem solved!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Good tip! Thanks for sharing! 😊

[@raymondstpaul4913]

Hello I've a question if I wanted to publish a book online how would I transfer this for example onto the Amazon Kindle site? An how would I select a chapter without having to stroll through the entire online book for a particular page or is that not possible?

[@AffinityRevolution]

I've never used Amazon Kindle, sorry!

As far as I know Affinity Publisher has no ebook export, but they are working on it. It sounds like they will have it in 2020.

[@Salvadorrius]

For some reasons I have giant spacing bewteen the line of my table of content. Any idea on how to fix this? Thanks!!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Hmm... sorry, I'm not sure. You can ask on the Affinity forums though. Maybe somewhere there knows the answer. forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-on-desktop-questions-mac-and-windows/

[@svennawrotzky]

The method described by you with the marking of the headline and the following update of the particular style does not work for me. The point "Update Headline 1" appears only after I have set the respective text field as Headline 1 and thus have adapted the text style to the default setting and thus changed it?

[@AffinityRevolution]

Sorry, I'm not sure why it's not working for you. I'd post your question on the official Affinity forums: forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-on-desktop-questions-mac-and-windows/

[@MooDiaper]

thanks so much.

[@AffinityRevolution]

You're welcome! 😊

[@katm1884]

Are there any changes from your wonderful tutorial to APub 2.4 for mac?

[@suzanne_atkinson]

Hmm, I am missing a bunch of text styles. Any idea what to do?

[@AffinityRevolution]

You need to go to the program's Preferences, then to the Miscellaneous category, and then choose "Reset Default Text Styles". You can bring up Preferences by pressing Command + the comma key on a Mac, or Ctrl + the comma key on PC. 🙂

[@saboichocho9393]

Thank you. How can I number the headings in the TOC?

[@ferrilucacom]

Tks!

[@AffinityRevolution]

You're welcome! 😊

[@grimlockarts8386]

What if your table of contents spans more than one page? EDIT: I found your response to another with the same question: You can make a TOC that's multiple pages by making multiple text frames, and then linking them together. If you don't know how to do that, you can check out this video (starting at 34:23). 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqqZl6Sjq9GUp7s

[@AffinityRevolution]

Glad you got it to work! 😊

[@seasickvision]

Can you make a comic book with this software?

[@AffinityRevolution]

Yes, you definitely can. :)

[@seasickvision]

@@AffinityRevolution Thank you...

[@bertfarry3793]

If you have all 3 you can do the illustrations, text bubbles, and textures along with the book design without ever leaving publisher

[@bolashakidol5889]

Why is it that when you export a file to a pdf, it is saved on a large volume of 120gb? Although there are only 10 sheets. Why is the volume so large? How can I fix this?🥺

[@AffinityRevolution]

Hmmm... I'm not sure. I have't seen that problem before. I recommend you ask the on the Affinity forums. I bet someone there knows what's going on. forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-on-desktop-questions-mac-and-windows/

[@bolashakidol5889]

@@AffinityRevolution Thank you very much for answering😘

[@nounix]

Hi again.. :P Thank you so much for your your previous replies in other posts of yours!! :) :) Maybe you can help/advise on this?... 🙏🙏: I'm having REAL trouble with some hyperlinks that just won't work the way I need them to... Maybe you can help 'cause I must be doing something wrong and I am wasting SOO much time trying to figure out what's going on that I've nearly given up.... Your answer may be really brief (but my question is quite long :( :( as I need to explain what's going on...). I have a 64-page document. Pages 1 and 2 are just the cover page, and the TOC page. Then pages 3 to 38 are "Section 1", pages 39 to 57 "Section 2" and pages 58 to 64 are "Section 3". What I need is to have: a) A hyperlink "button" on ALL pages (3 to 64) that says "Jump back to TOC" and when clicked on you are taken back to the TOC (page 2), This is done! :) b) A hyperlink button on all pages of "Section 1", apart from its first page (so on pages 4 to 38), that says "Jump back to Section start", and when click on will take you to the start of “Section 1” (page 3). This is also done! :) c) A hyperlink button on all pages of "Section 2", apart from its first page (so on pages 40 to 57), that says "Jump back to Section start", and when click on will take you to “Section 2” (page 39). This has failed. d) A hyperlink button on all pages of "Section 3", apart from its first page (so on pages 4 to 38), that says "Jump back to Section start", and when click on will take you to “Section 3” (page 58). This will also fail since "c" doesn't work... To do this I have made a total of 4 master pages to apply throughout the document. One hyperlink "button" on the first master page to take you back to the TOC page, on all pages, And 3 hyperlink buttons, each on the next 3 master pages, each taking you back to the starting page of the corresponding Section, of the 3 in total in the document. So, 1) The first master page has the text "Jump back to TOC" that I've hyperlinked to the TOC page (page 2 ). I then have applied this master page to all the following pages of the document (pages 3 to 64) so that all these pages have this "button". This works! All the buttons take you back to the TOC page (page 2)! :) 2) The next master page has the text "Jump back to start of section" that I've hyperlinked to the first page of "Section 1" (page 3). I then applied this master page to all the following pages of the document (pages 4 to 38). This also works! All the buttons on pages 4 to 38 take you back to the start of this Section (page 3)! : **From here on, start the problems... :( :( :( I don’t seem to be able to create the same "Jump back to start of section" hyperlinks for “Section 2” and for “Section 3”, on the next 2 master pages... :( What I did was: 1) Create a new master page (the 3rd master page) 2) From the previous master page (the 2nd), I copied the (already) hyperlinked text "Jump back to start of section" (which included the hyperlink to page 3). 3) Pasted this text group to the new (3rd) master page - so that it's positioned at the same exact location on this master page, with same font and size, as it was on the previous master page. 4) Right-clicked on this pasted, hyperlinked with the previous target page (3), text and EDITED the existing hyperlink (to go to new target page (page 39, this time)). 5) It failed. The newly edited hyperlink text, on the new master page, does NOT take you to page 39 as I have edited it to, but instead takes you AGAIN to page 3!… So I obv can’t apply this new hyperlinked text (to go to page 39) from the new master page, onto pages 40 to 57, since AP just doesn’t “want” to change the hyperlink page target! It’s like the original hyperlink (to page 3) just can’t be edited to point to a different page than it was originally made to take you to… :( :( What do I have to do to make it work??

[@AffinityRevolution]

I'm sorry, but this isn't the right place for in depth questions like this. I recommend you post your questions on the official Affinity forums. There are tons of helpful Affinity users over there. 😊 forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-on-desktop-questions-macos-and-windows/

[@nounix]

Understood - even though, as I wrote, the question may have been long (so that you could understand what I meant), but the reply could have been one sentence long. ;) Sorry :( However, I found the answer myself after a really long time trying. I followed up on my own question with the solution, writing to you not to bother with it as I found the solution, before you replied the above. Thanks again for all your great videos! :)@@AffinityRevolution

[@Hercules_tootoo]

You have a beautiful smile. 😃

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! 🤗

[@paulysguitarjournal]

My TOC is repeating itself.

[@hfranke07]

And I find it strange to use a text style to create the ToC. So you put a text style to a heading, change it to a ToC Style and now you can change the font of a heading. I find it hard to get. Why not have the text style and the ToC separate? Select a word or phrase, right click it and select "Ad to ToC", leaving the text style alone.

[@hfranke07]

Thanks.... as a desktopper I find it funny that your document is 18 pages.... this can not be printed since you always have 4 pages at a time...

[@franci-uz]

I love the video but why in the world are you talking so slooooooooowwww.... 😴

[@AffinityRevolution]

Many people enjoy slower paced tutorials, so they can follow along more easily. You can increase the playback speed of any KZbin video though. I listen to most tutorials at 1.5 speed. :)

[@franci-uz]

@@AffinityRevolution Wow, such a great tip! Thank you

[@jimbagley5387]

Her speech is fine for me. It is easy to understand and I have time to think about the concepts she is introducing. Some faster paced tutorials force me to pause the video from time to time. I prefer her pace.