Creator Table of Contents

Nate the great · 07-06-2008, 03:04 PM

Has anyone figured out how to auto create a TOC? I do know how to make one manually, but would much prefer to automate the process.

I'm trying to make omnibus collections of all the short stories I have by each author. Since I bought the ebooks from Fictionwise, I can extract high quality HTML files from MSReader LIT.

I'd really appreciate some help. Thanks.

Elsi · 07-06-2008, 06:10 PM

I took an HTML file from Project Gutenberg -- as is -- and imported it into MobiPocket Creator. This file had the normal HTML Header-1 {h1} tag used for each chapter title.

I clicked on the "Table of Contents" menu entry in MPC and then the "Add a Table of Contents" button. Entered "h1" into the first field in the wizard and clicked the "Update" button.

It looked like this:

And then I clicked the "Build" icon. This is what showed up in MobiPocket Reader:

And the TOC entries all work.

So, the secret is to use a specific HTML tag -- or tag attribute -- at each location in the book that you would like a TOC entry for.

Nate the great · 07-06-2008, 06:32 PM

Thank you. Before I had been using the tag "title" (which is in the file header, not body). It was making the list, but not any links. Now I know why.

Thank you.

SeaWolf · 07-07-2008, 12:13 AM

I haven't tried this, but might Creator also take style info from a Word document with proper headings as well and build a TOC that way, in much the same fashion?

Elsi · 07-07-2008, 02:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeaWolf

I haven't tried this, but might Creator also take style info from a Word document with proper headings as well and build a TOC that way, in much the same fashion?

I don't do Word. I know that you can save a Word document as HTML, but it's really poor HTML.

Argel · 07-10-2008, 06:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elsi

I don't do Word. I know that you can save a Word document as HTML, but it's really poor HTML.

It may be poor HTML but I've found that it works fine with Creator.

I use Word to put a bit formatting into poorly formatted html public domain books - simple stuff like chapters beginning on a new page. So if your aim is the final mobi format book probably no need to worry too much about the finer points of the HTML file.

And yes, styling a para as, say, Heading 1 in Word attaches a tag (in this case h1) so you should be able to generate a TOC.

07-06-2008, 03:04 PM	#1
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	Table of Contents Has anyone figured out how to auto create a TOC? I do know how to make one manually, but would much prefer to automate the process. I'm trying to make omnibus collections of all the short stories I have by each author. Since I bought the ebooks from Fictionwise, I can extract high quality HTML files from MSReader LIT. I'd really appreciate some help. Thanks.

07-06-2008, 06:10 PM	#2
Elsi Wizard Posts: 2,366 Karma: 12000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas, USA Device: Kindle; Sony PRS 505; Blackberry 8700C	I took an HTML file from Project Gutenberg -- as is -- and imported it into MobiPocket Creator. This file had the normal HTML Header-1 {h1} tag used for each chapter title. I clicked on the "Table of Contents" menu entry in MPC and then the "Add a Table of Contents" button. Entered "h1" into the first field in the wizard and clicked the "Update" button. It looked like this: And then I clicked the "Build" icon. This is what showed up in MobiPocket Reader: And the TOC entries all work. So, the secret is to use a specific HTML tag -- or tag attribute -- at each location in the book that you would like a TOC entry for. Last edited by Elsi; 07-06-2008 at 06:13 PM.

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07-06-2008, 06:32 PM	#3
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	Thank you. Before I had been using the tag "title" (which is in the file header, not body). It was making the list, but not any links. Now I know why. Thank you.

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SeaWolf Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 65091 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kindle Paperwhite WiFi	I haven't tried this, but might Creator also take style info from a Word document with proper headings as well and build a TOC that way, in much the same fashion?

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