The Table of Contents section in the Properties dialog box lets you include and format a table of contents in an exported PDF. A table of contents allows a user to quickly access specific areas of the PDF. In the exported PDF, users can click on a label or page number in the table of contents to jump to that area. An entry is automatically created in the table of contents for each element of each grouping field and, if the document contains multiple layouts, each layout. For example, if the grouping field is Regions, elements include North and South.
You can create a table of contents only if a document has multiple layouts or is grouped. If the PDF has bookmarks, the table of contents is listed in the bookmark panel. If a PDF includes a table of contents, the bookmarks may be redundant. For steps to prevent bookmarks from being generated for a PDF, see Working with bookmarks in PDFs.
The following options are available:
Include Table of Contents: Select this check box to include a table of contents in the exported PDF. This check box is cleared by default.
Title: To display a title for the table of contents, type the text of the title in the field. If the Title field is blank, the title will be displayed as Table of Contents.
Align: Specify the text alignment to use to display the title. The options are Left (default), Center, and Right.
Font: To format the font used to display the title, click the Format icon . The Font Formatting dialog box opens. Select the appropriate font formatting options such as the font type, font size, color, and so on. A preview of your selected font formatting is shown in the Sample area. Click OK when you have made your selections. This option is only available if the Inherit Formatting From Body option is selected.
Fill Color: From the color palette, select a color to apply to the background of the title. To access additional colors, click More Colors. This option is only available if the Inherit Formatting From Body option is selected.
Inherit Formatting From Body: Select this check box to format the title of the table of contents using the formatting options selected for the entries in the table of contents.
Body: Specify formatting options to apply to the entries in the table of contents.
Font: To format the font used to display the entries in the table of contents, click the Format icon . The Font Formatting dialog box opens. Select the appropriate font formatting options such as the font type, font size, color, and so on. A preview of your selected font formatting is shown in the Sample area. Click OK when you have made your selections.
Fill Color: From the color palette, select a color to apply to the background of the entries. To access additional colors, click More Colors.
Indentation: Specify the amount of indentation to apply to entries in the table of contents.
Left: Type the amount of space to display between the left border of the table of contents and the entries.
Right: Type the amount of space to display between the right border of the table of contents and the entries.
Borders: Specify the formatting options to use to display the border around the table of contents.
Style: Select the line style to use to display the border.
Color: Select the line color to use to display the border.
Weight: Type the line thickness to use to display the border.
Show tab leader: Determine whether to include tab leaders in the table of contents. A tab leader is a series of dots connecting a table of contents entry with its page number. Tab leaders can help users accurately select the correct entry or page number. This check box is selected by default.
Include Page Header/Footer: Determine whether to include the page header and footer on the table of contents page in the exported PDF. This check box is cleared by default.
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