Leader in TOC set-up

Rich Harvey

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    • January 13, 2020 at 2:29 pm #1222688
      Rich Harvey
      Participant

      “Between entry and number” … I have ^y for the right indent. But how to get the leader (dots?) in there as well?

    • January 13, 2020 at 2:30 pm #14323288
      Rich Harvey
      Participant

      That’s using InDesign’s “Table of Contents” feature, which may be more trouble than it’s worth …

    • January 13, 2020 at 3:13 pm #14323287
      Tim Murray
      Member

      Don’t use ^y. Instead, put a right-tab with a dot leader where you want it … usually at the right margin … then use a ^t (regular tab) for the “between” setting.

    • January 13, 2020 at 3:15 pm #14323286
      Tim Murray
      Member

      Rich, if you look at the dialog logically, it works fine.

    • January 13, 2020 at 8:04 pm #14323285
      Rich Harvey
      Participant

      Unfortunately … this book project has 100 chapters … and if I make a correction, I may have to go back and fix all of these. Well, I stick with the tried and true method you mention. Thanks!

    • January 14, 2020 at 7:21 am #14323284
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      The right indent tab picks up the leader from the previous tab stop. Just change the paragraph style to add a tab stop with a leader. See:

      Tab Leaders (Part 6): Tips and Tricks

    • January 14, 2020 at 10:46 am #14323282
      Tim Murray
      Member

      I admit when I did my first automatic TOC it took some experimenting, but when I got it, it works very well. The theory behind it — a right tab marker with dot leader at the right edge of the page or column and a plain tab character (^t) at the end of the TOC’s text — is exactly like every other DTP app out there ever since there was such a thing as DTP.

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