Table of Contents shows 'No table of contents entries found'

[MarcoBoi]

When I attempt ro create a ToC , I get the above message, despite having followed (as far as I know) the correct procedure. A test example of a couple of pages, including the error message, is attached (updated below). Grateful for any insight into what I am doing wrong!

 

[Old Bruce]

1 hour ago, MarcoBoi said:

When I attempt ro create a ToC , I get the above message, despite having followed (as far as I know) the correct procedure. A test example of a couple of pages, including the error message, is attached. Grateful for any insight into what I am doing wrong!

You need to use and apply some Paragraph Styles. The ToC looks for Paragraph Styles in order to build a ToC. Right now there are none.

[walt.farrell]

One issue: You have no Paragraph Text Styles in your document. The TOC is built from headings that have specific Paragraph Text Styles.
 

 

[MarcoBoi]

Thanks for the speedy response! I created a paragraph style, assigned selected text to it, created a ToC - and got the same message. So I'm clearly still doing something wrong...

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[MikeTO]

This document has two TOCs. Using the panel, select TOC 2 from the TOC list and then click the Delete icon. That TOC is in the master page frame you're not using. (That's a separate issue, you should use master page frames or not, but don't draw other frames on top of them or it gets confusing.)

Now go to TOC 1 and click the menu icon to the right of "1" (your style name) in the list at the bottom of the panel. Select "Include Page Number" from the popup and the TOC entries will appear. You should also set Indent Level to 1.

Tip: If you used Publisher's default text styles, you'd find the TOC works automatically without having to do any of this.

Note that you also defined the formatting for your heading not in style "1" but in the character style named "Main ToC". There's no need for this style and I suggest deleting it and defining the formatting as part of your style named "1".

Good luck

[bbrother]

@MarcoBoi After looking into the documents you attached, I have one more suggestion, which I think is important and which you can only benefit from.

You should become more familiar with the differences between character style and paragraph style, learn more when to use one or the other to format your documents more effectively and consistent. This will avoid you problems like this one and many more.

Character style is a collection of character formatting attributes that you can apply to a selected range of text. This includes font, size, color, italics, bold etc. You should use it when you need to format specific words or phrases within a paragraph without altering the entire paragraph.

Paragraph style on the other hand includes both character and paragraph formatting attributes which means it controls not only text formatting but also paragraph's layout such as spacing, alignment, indentation and more. You should use it when you need to apply consistent formatting to entire paragraphs. For example, for all headings or body text to maintain a consistent look throughout your document.

Good luck 

[R C-R]

One small addition to what @bbrother suggested: Don't confuse Leading (set in the Paragraph panel) with Leading Override (set in the Character panel). Typically, there is no need to use Leading Override but if you do, keep in mind that although it can be applied to individual characters or a range of characters on a line of text, it will affect the leading of every character in that entire line. That's because leading is what controls the amount of space between lines of text.