When generating or editing a table of contents, use these options to determine the appearance of the generated table of contents text. Some of these options are available only when you click More Options in the dialog box.

Entry Style

For each style in Include Paragraph Styles, choose a paragraph style to apply to the associated table of contents entries.

Page Number

You might want to create a character style that formats the page number. You can then select this style in the Style pop‑up list to the right of Page Number. (See Define paragraph and character styles.)

If you want the page numbers of the TOC to include prefixes, or to use a different numbering convention, see Define section numbering.

Between Entry And Number

Specify which characters you want between the table of contents entry and its page number. The default is ^t, which tells InDesign to insert a tab. You can choose other special characters, such as Right Indent Tab or Em Space, in the pop‑up list. For a complete list of special characters and how to work with them, see Insert glyphs and special characters.

Select the existing text in the box before you choose a different special character, to make sure that you don’t include both characters.

You might want to create a character style that formats the space between the entry and the page number. You can then select this style in the Style pop‑up list to the right of Between Entry And Number. (See Define paragraph and character styles.)

If the entry’s paragraph style includes a tab leader setting, and if the tab character (^t) is selected, a tab leader appears in the generated table of contents. For more information, see Create TOC entries with tab leaders.

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You can specify a character that separates an entry and page number, as well as a style to apply to a character.

Sort Entries in Alphabetical Order

Select this option to sort table of contents entries in the selected style alphabetically. This option is useful for creating simple lists, such as lists of advertisers. Nested entries (Level 2 or 3) sort alphabetically within their group (Level 1 or 2, respectively).

Note: The sort order for a table of contents is determined by the document’s default language setting. To change the default language setting, make sure nothing is selected and then choose a language from the Language menu in the Character panel.

Level

By default, each item added to the Include Paragraph Styles box is set one level lower than the item immediately above it. You can change this hierarchy by specifying a new level number for the selected paragraph style.

Create PDF Bookmarks

Select this option if you want the table of contents entries to appear in the Bookmarks panel of Adobe Acrobat 8 or Adobe Reader® when the document is exported to PDF.

Run-in

Select this option if you want all TOC entries to be run into a single paragraph. A semicolon followed by a space (; ) separates the entries.

Include Text On Hidden Layers

Select this option only if you want the paragraphs on hidden layers to be included in your table of contents. This is useful when creating a list of advertisers or illustrations that may not appear as visible text in the document itself. Deselect this option when you’ve used layers to store various versions or translations of the same text.

Numbered Paragraphs

If your table of contents includes a paragraph style that uses numbering, specify whether the TOC entry includes the full paragraph (both number and text), only the numbers, or only the paragraph.