: InDesign: how to insert TOC before content I'm creating a book with over 150 pages. I have written these pages in Ms Word, and imported them into an InDesign project. Everything is looking

@Cooney243

Autoflow is great feature, but a few things have to be nicely set in order to make it work correctly.
I've tried to understand your process but I can only have a guess.
Here's an example on how things can be messed up:


(please note I should have checked "Delete blank pages" in the options: it usually is very helpful)

Now same process with threaded frames in master page:

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@Samaraweera207

Add 4-6 pages (as needed) at the beginning of your document, after the cover page. Then generate the TOC and place in these new blank pages as an independent text box.

You can adjust the font size/spacing later if a few new chapters get added, which only means a few extra lines in your 4-6 TOC pages.

Don't try to link the TOC with the book content, unless you really know what you're doing. Updating the TOC later could affect the 150 pages below and any possible local formatting you may have in the pages.

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@Miguel516

When you have already existing pages in your document the "Auto-flow" don't work with the option of adding extra pages.
Because you have the room for the content. InDesign leave to you decision if you need to add extra pages or change the size of the text.
You have two options:


add the TOC at the end allowing InDesign to add pages as needed
Decide how many pages you can spare for TOC at the beginning of the book and fit the content in that space.

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