Adobe InDesign - Manual (Page 207)

Numbered Paragraphs
Frame Orientation
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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.
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.
Specify the writing direction for the text frame you will use to create a table of contents.
Create TOC entries with tab leaders
Entries in a table of contents are often formatted with dots or tab leaders separating the entry from its associated page number.
Table of contents with dot leaders
1. Create a paragraph style with a tab leader. (See Create a paragraph style with a tab leader .)
2. To update the table of contents settings, do one of the following:
Choose Layout > Table Of Contents Style. Select a TOC style, and click Edit.
Choose Layout > Table Of Contents (if you are not using a TOC style).
3. Under Include Paragraph Styles, select an item you want to appear with a tab leader in the table of contents.
4. For Entry Style, select the paragraph style that contains the tab leader.
5. Click More Options.
6. Verify that Between Entry And Number is set to ^t (representing a tab). Click OK or Save to exit.
7. Update the table of contents, if necessary, by choosing Layout > Update Table Of Contents. Otherwise, place the new table of contents
story.
Create a paragraph style with a tab leader
1. Choose Window > Styles > Paragraph Styles to display the Paragraph Styles panel.
2. In the Paragraph Styles panel, do one of the following:
Double-click the name of the paragraph style applied to entries in your table of contents.
From the panel menu, choose New Paragraph Style.
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