I inserted a screen shot below. I sorted the project manager files alphabetically (i.e., clicking the AZ button). But then when I go to auto-create the TOC, it produces the books/pages in a different order--one that does not match the project manager. I think I may be missing something. Is there another pod in which you order the files that translates to the order created in the TOC? Is that what you meant by folder order, Peter?

Thanks Peter. I was expecting it to work like you described, which is how it seemed to function in X5. The sort function works for me in the Project Manager, but doesn't seem to translate fully to the auto-created TOC--some of the folders seem sorted while others do not.

Thanks for the suggestion, Leon. Unfortunately, it doesn't look it matters if the Project Manager folders are open or not--it still doesn't sort the TOC in the same way that the Project Manager is sorted.

Thanks Peter. I tested what you said and, indeed, it does work: the auto-create TOC seems to use the custom order in the Project Manager. In addition to the suggestion you made, it would also be nice to have the option of auto-creating the TOC from the A-Z sort order as well. Then, I wouldn't have to go to the trouble of manually resorting hundreds of topics. It's not as big of an issue if you are creating a project from scratch in RH8. But, in my case, where I used a project created in X5, it's alot of extra work. I'll add that suggestion to the queue.

Thanks for your response, as always!

Thanks for the tip. Knowing that I can sort the Topic List alphabetically by topic title and then drag the sorted topics into a TOC book will help in the short term--until I can resort the topics in the Project Manager. Oddly enough, if you sort the Project Manager alphabetically and drag one of its folders onto the TOC, the folder shows up custom sorted rather than alphabetized--only works from the Topic List.