Table of Contents Leader

[RenWaller]

Hello, I am loving Affinity Publisher, but I have a question. 

In my table of contents, I would like to have dots as a leader between the heading and the page number. I see the option to add a separator (which right now is ">>"), so I am assuming that's where I would change it, but I'm not sure what to enter (or how to find what to enter).

I hope that makes sense. Please let me know!

[Joachim_L]

You have to modify the Tab Stops in the Text Style Formatting of your TOC. There you can specify e.g. dots.

[RenWaller]

Thank you, @joachim! I see where to make the change, but I'm not sure what do do. Would you be able to explain? I want the entry (left aligned), then the dots, then the page number (right aligned). How would I do that?

[Joachim_L]

Hope this screenshot helps?

[RenWaller]

Great, thank you, I didn't see that before. However, when I change it, the spacing shifts and no dots are added. Am I doing something wrong?

[fde101]

2 hours ago, RenWaller said:

when I change it, the spacing shifts and no dots are added.

The first column in that list is the position of the tab.  You have it set to 0 inches, presumably from the left side of the frame/column, so there is no additional indentation for it to make, and nowhere for the leaders to go.  Click on the three-dots to get the popup and check the "From Right" option - then the tab stop will be 0 inches from the right side of the frame/column instead of 0 inches from the left side.

The second column is the direction that the text moves from the tab stop.  Right now you have it set left-aligned; I think you want to change that to right-aligned?

 

[RenWaller]

Thank you @fde101! That was super helpful!

[RenWaller]

I'm having issues with a tabbed leader again. What am I doing wrong this time that it's not working? When I change the number of the "default tab stops" nothing changes.

 

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