: Indesign - TOC with one chapter heading, multiple page headings Any one know how to automate categories with in a ToC? I'm trying to get ... cars item 1 item 2 item 3 item 4 trucks

@Reiling762

It's a 4 years old question, but maybe my reply can help someone else.

I copy the reply I gave here.


You can achieve what you are asking using two TOCs. You can create two
different TOCs in InDesign using TOC Styles.

To create the News TOC, you can just use the Default Style TOC. In the
document, you should set a paragraph style to each entry of the News
TOC. And then generate the TOC.

Then, you should create a TOC Style for Culture, and add a paragraph
style to each entry in the InDesign document. Then create the second
TOC.

Here there is a step-by-step tutorial in case you need to be guided :)

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@Jennifer810

The result you're getting stems from the fact that you have your category (chapter) name repeating on every page as a result of your data merge, and you're using that as the first-level TOC entry.

Following on from my earlier answer about using the Book Panel, you could simplify this problem by dividing your .csv file into separate files by category. Make each category a separate document in your book, then use this sneaky trick:


Set up a new paragraph style called "TOC Category" or something similar.
On the first page of each book chapter, add a text frame on the pasteboard (not on the page) and type in the category name. Give this text the "TOC Category" style.
Change your TOC Styles to use the new TOC Category style instead of the original.


If I knew more about the workflow involved I could probably come up with some other suggestions, but this should at least ease the pain.

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@Speyer780

When you set up the TOC, style your text so that Category and Item each have a unique style.

Then set up your TOC so that the first item uses Paragraph style "Category," but with no page number. The second item should be "Item" with a page number.

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