Create a table of contents

Do one of the following:

Create a table of contents based on the navigation structure

1. In Page view, position the insertion point where you want to create a table of contents.
2. On the Insert menu, point to Web Component.
3. In the left pane, click Table of Contents.
4. In the right pane, click For This Web Site, and then click Finish.
5. In the Page URL for starting point of table box, type the relative URL of the page to use as the starting point for the table of contents, or click Browse to locate the page.

   The starting point determines which pages are leftmost in the table of contents. Pages pointed to by hyperlinks on the starting page will be indented one level in the table of contents.

6. In the Heading font size box, select the paragraph style for the heading (the top-level entry, or starting page) of the table of contents. To exclude the starting page from the table of contents, click None from the drop-down list.
7. Under Options, do one or more of the following:
   • Select the Show each page only once check box if your web site includes pages pointed to by multiple hyperlinks and you want the table of contents to list each page only once.
   • Select the Show pages with no incoming hyperlinks check box to include pages not pointed to by any hyperlinks in your web site.
   • Select the Recompute table of contents when any other page is edited check box to automatically recalculate the table of contents whenever any page in your web site is edited.

   Note   Recalculating a table of contents for a large web site can be a time-consuming process. If you select this check box, you may find that it takes longer to save pages. If you don't select this check box, you can manually regenerate the table of contents by opening and saving the page containing the table of contents.

Create a table of contents based on categories

1. Assign each page you want on your table of contents to a category.

   How?

   1. In the Folder List, right-click the page to which you want to assign a category, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu.
   2. Click the Workgroup tab.
   3. Under Available Categories, click the category to which you want to assign this page.

      If you want to create a new category, click Categories, type the name of the new category, and click Add.

   4. Click OK.

   5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 for each page to which you want to assign a category.

2. In Page view, position the insertion point where you want to create a table of contents.
3. On the Insert menu, click Web Component.
4. In the left pane, click Table of Contents.
5. In the right pane, click Based on Page Category, and then click Finish.
6. In the Categories Properties dialog box, select the categories whose pages you want to list in your table of contents.

   The categories you select will be listed under Selected Categories.

7. In the Sort files by box, do one of the following:
   • If you want to sort the list alphabetically by title, click Document title.
   • If you want to sort the list by file dates, click Date last modified.
8. Click the check boxes if you want to display the Date the file was last modified or any Comments added to the file.

Note   Click Preview in Browser to test the table of contents.

Tip

If you are creating a table of contents on the same page as the starting point, the heading of the table of contents will be a hyperlink to the same page. For example, if you're creating a table of contents on the page Index.htm, and the starting point is Index.htm (the same page), the heading of the table will be a hyperlink to Index.htm. If you want to exclude such a circular hyperlink as the heading of a table of contents, click None in the Heading font size box.