How to continue table of contents to facing page

[JimHudson]

What steps are needed to make the table of contents flow to a facing page? I have searched all over the place and stopped creating a book over the problem. When I update the table it continues on the same page and cutting and pasting does not fix it.

[MikeTO]

1 hour ago, JimHudson said:

What steps are needed to make the table of contents flow to a facing page? I have searched all over the place and stopped creating a book over the problem. When I update the table it continues on the same page and cutting and pasting does not fix it.

Hi Jim and welcome to the forums.

1. Draw a text frame on a page for the TOC - the choice of whether to put it on a master page or document page is up to you
2. Place the cursor in the frame and generate the TOC
3. If the text frame isn't linked to another the Text Flow Out control near the bottom right will be red and indicate that the text is overflowing
4. You need another frame - if the next page has the main text of your book you'll need to add blank page(s) in between - draw a text frame on one of them
5. Click the red Text Flow Out control on the TOC frame to start linking frames and then click on the new frame you just drew. They'll be linked together and the TOC will flow into it. Repeat this if you need more frames.

Good luck

[JimHudson]

Thanks, I will give this a try

[JimHudson]

I wanted to come back and say it worked just fine and I had no idea that feature was there. I thank you!

[MikeTO]

6 hours ago, JimHudson said:

I wanted to come back and say it worked just fine and I had no idea that feature was there. I thank you!

I didn't mention this previously, but you'll find step-by-step instructions for all of these sorts of tasks in the free PDF manual I've shared in this forum. The link is below in my signature.

Cheers