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How do I keep a "Table of Contents" title above the actual table of contents on the same page?
For some reason, my TOC shows up on the next page after my title. I don't see a hard page break when showing invisible characters, and I can't find a setting in the TOC formatting that would fix this.
Thanks for your help.
-Louis
MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
Hi Louis,
Title is styled as Body (with 18 point font)
Chapter headings are styled as Heading 1.
Place the cursor before Chapter 1
Insert TOC (Document)
You can edit (I added a paragraph mark after the title, then selected the TOC and changed Before and After Paragraph to zero).
Regards,
Ian.
I am not sure I understand how to do what you say here. Can you explain it in another way?
Thanks for your help Yellowbox.
For me, this works great when the TOC is less than 1 page long, but as soon as the TOC is longer than that, Pages inserts a page break between the title "Table of Contents" and the actual table of contents.
To see this in your example, add as many "Chapter x" as needed (maybe 15 or 20) to make the TOC longer than 1 page, and hopefully you'll recreate the issue I'm having.
Let me know if you see it too.
Hi lbouchar,
Yes, it happened to me with a long TOC
The gremlin is Prevent widow & orpan lines
Menu > Edit > Select All (command a)
Format Panel > Text > More > Pagination & Breaks
Turn off (untick) everything.
You can always reapply to parts of your document later.
Regards,
Ian.
Your Highness 🙂,
I am not sure I understand how to do what you say here. Can you explain it in another way?
Please reply with more details.
Are you having trouble with inserting a Table of Contents (TOC)?
Are you having trouble with placing a title (or other content) above the TOC?
A TOC is created from paragraph styles such as Heading 1 that have been defined as TOC "candidates".
Click anywhere in a paragraph to see Format panel > Text >
You may see "Body". That is not (by default) defined as a TOC "candidate". It won't appear in a TOC, so you can use it as a title above the TOC or as the contents of a chapter (see my previous reply).
To make text such as "Chapter 1" appear in a TOC, it has to be defined as a TOC "Candidate".
Heading 1 works for me.
To change a paragraph style to Heading 1, click anywhere in that paragraph and Format Panel > Text > click to reveal the styles in that document
Choose Heading 1.
Jumping ahead, once you have inserted a TOC, click on it to see the TOC "candidate" styles
I hope this gets you on your way. Please call back with further questions.
Regards,
Ian.
Brilliant!!! Thank you so much Yellowbox.
Add title "Table of Contents" above a TOC on same page
