Make TOC style always on and more

[Kroco]

Hello,

It's a little awkward to have the TOC style disappeared al the time.
Could it be possible to have at least a option on the menu who make theme always visible ?

The second think is, would it be possible to not have pre-load style ? I could not talk for other  persons, but, it's the first thing I erase when I open a file. 
Thanks.

[MikeTO]

Hi Kroco, Publisher hides the TOC styles when you're not editing the TOC because a book with multiple TOCs using different styles could overwhelm the Text Styles panel. But I agree that there should be a way to show and hide them in the Text Styles panel so we can see them together when desired. I'd also like the ability to hide the Index styles which are never hidden.

There isn't a way to define TOC styles in advance of creating a TOC. However, there is a workaround to copy TOC styles from one document to another and use those for your TOC. Check out the free PDF manual I wrote for Publisher. On page 85 of the current version there is a section named "To import TOC styles from another document".

Cheers

[steday]

I second that.

It's not practical to have to be in the TOC text zone to access TOC styles. Same for the ability to hide / show TOC Index.

I would say too that the TOC panel is not very readable.

Indesign is well done for that : it shows all styles and is much more readable. You can organized style in folder, the way you want (ie : put TOC style in a TOC folder).