Generate a Table of Contents in InDesign

Learn how to automatically create a table of contents in Adobe InDesign using your paragraph styles. You will also learn how to use your paragraph styles to create leading dots in your table of contents.
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Chapters:
0:00 Create a Table of Contents in InDesign
0:25 Setting up Paragraph Styles
0:48 Generating a Table of Contents
2:03 Styling Table of Contents
2:14 Adding Dotted Lines
3:11 Editing Table of Contents

[@MindIslandDesign]

If you would like a step by step guide on this video, check out this article here! mindislanddesign.com/how-to-generate-stunning-table-of-contents-in-indesign/

[@ryzeonline]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you so much! :)

[@KarimBouacem]

Thanks, very insightful but maybe not too beginner friendly.

[@shrimusical5899]

Thanks

[@daanvanlieshout4193]

Awesome video! have an exam tomorrow about this stuff, helped me out A TON!

[@MindIslandDesign]

Happy to help!

[@Lucas-hk4lp]

Thanks so much!

[@MindIslandDesign]

Happy to help!

[@adedejitemidayo4107]

My table of content is bringing just one of the topics. The others aren't coming up, I don't know where I am getting it wrong

[@Doubleaa500]

I'm looking for a way to make the table of contents without a style for each "heading" or title or chapter, etc... because each title is an author name, workpiece, and medium presented, and the medium presented is on a different font.
I wish there was a way to just "tag" the text box that I require to be in the TOC so it can link like that more simply when this way is not necessary!

[@alexandercuellar]

Hello, what should I do when the chapter name is very long and I don't want it to be so close to the page number without using a forced line break? Do you have a tutorial for these cases?...thanks!!!

[@geoffdunkak]

get it done fast. thanks

[@MindIslandDesign]

Happy to help!

[@dcruz742]

My sub-headings showing above the heading of the same page.

[@kimpossible4450]

No matter what I try, I can't add the dots!