Table of contents out of order

[acajohn29]

Hi everyone,

I'm reorganizing my first book from scratch and have put a dozen or so chapters into the order I prefer. Strangely, on page 36 I have two "Heading" sections, one Heading 1 and one Heading 2. In spite of being physically organized in that order, the Heading 2 section appears first in my TOC, (under a different H1). I removed the second heading and replaced it and nothing changed. Please help me get the order correct, it's perplexing and seems to defy logic.

Thank you,

John

AAiA.2023b.afpub

[walt.farrell]

As with many things in the Affinity application, the order of layers in the Layers panel is important, and objects that are lower in the Layers panel stack are assumed to have been created first, just as brush strokes painted directly on a canvas were made earlier than the strokes painted on top of them.

So, in this case, as "La Crisis" is lower in the layer stack on that page than "Sex in Public", it is assumed to have been created first. And thus it appears earlier in the ToC.

You could move "Sex in Public" into the same Text Frame as "La Crisis", which would fix the problem. Or, if there's some reason it needs to be a separate Text Frame, you could (I think) Pin it to the front of the "La Crisis" text. But simply moving the text into the Text Frame would be easiest.

[acajohn29]

Thank you, Walt. I appreciate your quick response and help. Will do.

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome.

[walt.farrell]

Another simple fix: Just drag the "Sex in Public" Text Frame below the "La Crisis" Text Frame in the Layers panel.

[acajohn29]

Thanks, easy!