Create a paragraph style with a tab leader, Update and edit a table of contents, Update a table of contents – Adobe InDesign CS4 User Manual
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USING INDESIGN CS4
Long document features
Create a paragraph style with a tab leader
1 Choose Window
> Type & Tables
> Paragraph Styles to display the Paragraph Styles panel.
2 In the Paragraph Styles panel, do one of the following:
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Double-click the name of the paragraph style applied to entries in your table of contents.
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From the panel menu, choose New Paragraph Style.
3 Enter a name, if necessary, for the paragraph style.
4 Click Tabs.
5 Select the right-justified tab icon , and then click on the ruler to position the tab stop.
If the paragraphs you’re applying the style to include numbered list items, make sure that you include two tab settings
— the first for the indented number and the second for the tab leader.
6 For Leader, type a period (.).
7 Select other style options as desired, and click OK.
Update and edit a table of contents
The table of contents is like a snapshot of content in your document. If page numbers in your document change, or if
you edit headings or other elements associated with table of contents entries, you’ll need to regenerate the table of
contents to update it.
See also
Edit character and paragraph styles
Update a table of contents
1 Open the document containing the table of contents.
2 Do any of the following:
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To make changes to table of contents entries, edit your document or booked documents, not the table of contents
story itself.
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To change the formatting applied to the table of contents title, entries, or page numbers, edit the paragraph or
character styles associated with these elements.
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To change how pages are numbered (for example, 1, 2, 3 or i, ii, iii), change section numbering in the document or
book. (See “
Number pages, chapters, and paragraphs in a book
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To specify a new title, include other paragraph styles in the table of contents, or further format table of contents
entries, edit the TOC style.
3 Select or place the insertion point in the text frame containing the table of contents, and then choose Layout >
Update Table Of Contents.
Editing a table of contents
If your table of contents requires editing, edit the actual paragraphs in the document—not the table of contents story—
and then generate a new table of contents. If you edit the table of contents story, you’ll lose your revisions when you
generate a new table of contents. For the same reason, you should edit the styles used to format the table of contents
entries, rather than formatting the table of contents directly.
Updated 18 June 2009