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Tango Mike · 12-13-2011, 10:47 AM

Using Word 2008 for Mac (OS10.6.3) I've formatted about 30 books for conversion to epub and mobi with Calibre, and in all cases, I've included a manual TOC within Word that links the TOC to the chapters and the chapters back to the TOC because I believe this is a nice feature for ease of navigation within the eBook. I realize this is not required for Calibre's auto-generated TOC function, and that some feel it's redundant. But whether it is or isn't, the results have been flawless, with both the manual and auto-generated TOCs working as advertised.

All of this previous work has been done with Word document generated from a new file on my computer, but I've now re-formatted a friend's manuscript and something's happening with the auto-TOC that baffles me. The manual TOC function is perfect: Preface, Chapters One through Ten, Appendix A-C, and Bibliography.

But for some reason, the auto-TOC is missing the Preface, Chapter One, all of the Appendices and the Bibliography. As far as I can tell, I didn't create those missing elements any differently than the others, and they all use the Heading1 style. Chapters Two through Ten are listed and functioning.

I checked preferences and found the "Force auto-TOC generation" turned off, but I'd never turned it on before and haven't had this problem. I turned it on and reconverted the file with the same results. Calibre isn't recognizing these seven elements.

Any suggestions on what might be wrong?

Thanks.

12-13-2011, 10:47 AM	#1
Tango Mike Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 20 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: none	Table of Contents Issue Using Word 2008 for Mac (OS10.6.3) I've formatted about 30 books for conversion to epub and mobi with Calibre, and in all cases, I've included a manual TOC within Word that links the TOC to the chapters and the chapters back to the TOC because I believe this is a nice feature for ease of navigation within the eBook. I realize this is not required for Calibre's auto-generated TOC function, and that some feel it's redundant. But whether it is or isn't, the results have been flawless, with both the manual and auto-generated TOCs working as advertised. All of this previous work has been done with Word document generated from a new file on my computer, but I've now re-formatted a friend's manuscript and something's happening with the auto-TOC that baffles me. The manual TOC function is perfect: Preface, Chapters One through Ten, Appendix A-C, and Bibliography. But for some reason, the auto-TOC is missing the Preface, Chapter One, all of the Appendices and the Bibliography. As far as I can tell, I didn't create those missing elements any differently than the others, and they all use the Heading1 style. Chapters Two through Ten are listed and functioning. I checked preferences and found the "Force auto-TOC generation" turned off, but I'd never turned it on before and haven't had this problem. I turned it on and reconverted the file with the same results. Calibre isn't recognizing these seven elements. Any suggestions on what might be wrong? Thanks.