Have read the TOC thread, and I am scared;-)

[tomek_Q]

After some initial problems I have almost fished a 124 pages, 600+ images, 4 sections, well structured book (styles, layers etc.). "Almost"means unresolved ptoblems with TOC and hyperlinks. In this post i have only one question: How to get rid of the TOC formatting garbage remaining im my book from several versions back, and after clearing all the visible remains of them? No PDF bookmarks this time, fortunately;-)

[Old Bruce]

If you are talking about ToC Paragraph and Character Styles then I am not sure we can. They stick around even after removing all ToC text and test frames. Even after using Delete Unused Styles.

[walt.farrell]

On the other hand, the TOC styles are easily edited if you don't like something in them.

And you can always start a new document, copy some of your text into it, create a TOC, and see what the original auto-generated Text Styles looked like.

[tomek_Q]

On 10/22/2022 at 10:37 PM, Old Bruce said:

If you are talking about ToC Paragraph and Character Styles then I am not sure we can.

Thanks @Old Bruce. 

I am sure I can't.

[tomek_Q]

On 10/22/2022 at 10:42 PM, walt.farrell said:

On the other hand, the TOC styles are easily edited if you don't like something in them.

And you can always start a new document, copy some of your text into it, create a TOC, and see what the original auto-generated Text Styles looked like.

Hi Walt,

thanks for your reply. It's (as usual) optimistic, that there is a solution for my problems.

This time I have to disagree. I don't want solutions. I want proper UX and UI. When I want as many TOC's as I have sections to share ONE set of styles it means that I should get it. If I want to delete ANY or ALL of the TOC styles it means that I should be able to.  When I set some of my hyperlinks point to the SAME anchor it means I should end with ONE hyperlink displayed in my hyperlinks panel instead of bazilion iterations. And so on, and so on…

Sorry for bitter tone, but I think it's not only me who thinks this way.

Best regards,

Tomek

[walt.farrell]

2 hours ago, tomek_Q said:

When I want as many TOC's as I have sections to share ONE set of styles it means that I should get it.

You can do that. Have them use the same TOC name in the TOC panel, as that is what determines the initial part of the text style names.

2 hours ago, tomek_Q said:

If I want to delete ANY or ALL of the TOC styles it means that I should be able to.

You can also do that, as far as I know, but you'll need to be "in" the appropriate TOC to do so. And, of course, that means you have unsettled TOC text, or you'll need to apply your own styles which will be lost (probably) if you click the TOC Update button. So, to some extent, you need to learn how the program works and use the styles it generates for you, then modify them as you need. 

2 hours ago, tomek_Q said:

When I set some of my hyperlinks point to the SAME anchor it means I should end with ONE hyperlink displayed in my hyperlinks panel instead of bazilion iterations.

I do not see how that is related to this TOC discussion. 

2 hours ago, tomek_Q said:

Sorry for bitter tone, but I think it's not only me who thinks this way.

I did not say it was easy to learn to use TOCs. It will take some study and experimentation.