master pages for table of contents

[Combs, Richard]

Prithvi Diwanji wrote:
 
> hello all
> i am in the process of designing a new template.
> i am done with the chapter design (layouts, para+char etc)
> now i am trying to make a template for the TOC using the chapter template.
> 
> i can generate a toc and then modify the styles etc, but that is not giving
> me a proper page layout for the TOC. ideally i want to base the TOC on the
> chapter template)

You can import page layouts from the chapter file. File > Import > Formats. 
 
> i do a save as of the chapter template as a toc.
> add a disconnected page

Why would you want to do that?

> then rename the toc file on disk as book_nameTOC etcv
> then i generate the toc in the book
> then i open the book_nameTOC file
> nothing is working

That's a bit vague ... 


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
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