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I want my TOC to be ordered based on the orientation of headings on the page going from top to bottom. I don't understand why my page 5 is not that way. The TOC should show the 1/4" MDF Cut Diagram before the Make The Cabinet Box. Any ideas why it's not that way? I tried adding an A in front of the 1/4, but that made no difference.

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12 minutes ago, Mr. K said:

I want my TOC to be ordered based on the orientation of headings on the page going from top to bottom. I don't understand why my page 5 is not that way. The TOC should show the 1/4" MDF Cut Diagram before the Make The Cabinet Box. Any ideas why it's not that way? I tried adding an A in front of the 1/4, but that made no difference.

I believe this is according to order in the Layers' Studio. "Make..." will be higher than "1/4...".

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I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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15 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

I believe this is according to order in the Layers' Studio. "Make..." will be higher than "1/4...".

That is it! I'm not sure if it was higher or lower. Make was lower down in the layer list. I changed the order and that changed the TOC.

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38 minutes ago, Mr. K said:

That is it! I'm not sure if it was higher or lower. Make was lower down in the layer list. I changed the order and that changed the TOC.

Generally, I think, the first object you create is at the bottom of the stack, and subsequent objects are higher. So the first text frame you draw on a page will be below the second frame in the layer stack, and the first frame's entry will appear in the ToC before the second frame's entry.

(Very similar to the behavior in Designer, where the first Artboard created is at the bottom of the layer stack, and when you print/export the project the pages appear to be in inverse order based on the layer stack: bottom artboard layer prints first, then the next higher one prints, etc.)

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2 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

Generally, I think, the first object you create is at the bottom of the stack, and subsequent objects are higher. So the first text frame you draw on a page will be below the second frame in the layer stack, and the first frame's entry will appear in the ToC before the second frame's entry.

(Very similar to the behavior in Designer, where the first Artboard created is at the bottom of the layer stack, and when you print/export the project the pages appear to be in inverse order based on the layer stack: bottom artboard layer prints first, then the next higher one prints, etc.)

I agree, that does make sense.

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