Table of contents (TOC) across files within a book (.indb) file

[keyrun2604]

I have just started playing with the Indesign book function. I have an existing single 200pp Indesign file which works beautifully with a generated table of contents (TOC) at the start and a generated index (TOC) at the end, bookmarks, cross-references and hyperlinks.

As a test I have split my single document into four chapters (files) and recombined them as a book. On export all looks fine except my interactive elements are no longer working – my TOCs and bookmarks only carry forward from the first of the four documents within the book file.

It seems I have missed a step of synchronisation, or something. What am I doing wrong?

Many thanks

[Vishu_Aggarwal · Accepted solution]

You will need to update the Cross-Refernces inside the documents.

Open Book in Indesign than go to the book panel menu to update the all cross-references. Because you have created the cross-references before separating the document into Multiple files Indesign might not be able to update the cross-references but at least it will show all the documents which have cross-reference Errors. You will have to manually correct each of the references.

To find all the cross-reference errors in the file..open the file and go to window > Type & Tables  > choose Cross-References... it will show the errors with the question mark on red flag. Double click to edit the cross-references and change the document to choose the document from which you want to cross-reference.

Some Screenshot for help -

[keyrun2604]

Thanks so much, that was really helpful for the cross-references. Is there a similar process for updating the Table of Contents (TOC) and bookmarks which now span multiple documents within the book?

[keyrun2604]

I see now that I need to check the box (after showing More Options) to Include Book Documents within Table of Contents. Cheers