When was it decided not to put a table of contents into a table? I've been doing that the past year, and I really like it from a sighted standpoint, it is much easier to find the page numbers. Thanks! Valerie Sent from my iPad3 On Apr 23, 2013, at 7:16 AM, misha <mishatronics@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Netta, > > Back a while ago, a group of us came up with a very minimalist table of > contents format. Do not put it in a table. If it is in a table, convert to > text. If it has > chapter number then the title then page number > next chapter number then next title next page number > and so on like > > 1. First chapter 5 > 2. second chapter 15 > > we leave it like that, but make sure that there are no tabs. At least at the > time we had this discussion, the bookshare converter did not convert tabs to > a space, but just removed the tab. So the chapter number or page number > would be right next to the word. Not good. If the chapters are not numbered > in the table of contents, you don't have to number them. For extra credit, > to put more distance between the page number and the chapter title, you can > put an elipsis (three dots with blank space before and after) between the > title and the page number. If the actual book had more than three dots > between the title and page number, reduce it to only 3. That's all the > formatting that's needed, except if the page begins with Contents or Table of > Contents, make that 16 point bold and the rest of the table 12 point regular. > > > On 4/22/2013 9:45 PM, Dornetta wrote: >> Blank >> Hey guys: >> This is my first book with a table of contents. I'm wondering how to format >> it. The scanner removed the table but should I place those asterisks in >> front of each list item or bullets? I vaguely remember having a list at the >> end of a teenage series book I did last year and Madeleine sent it back to >> me for more proofing and told me I need to insert asterisks. She also did >> the same thing with a Shiloh book I did. Anyway, how are the table of >> contents handled? >> Oh one more thing, preliminary pages should be numbered with lower case >> roman numerals right? I always leave the "beginning of the book" stuff for >> the final check before I'm ready to submit so, I'm wondering before I submit. >> Thanks, >> Netta >> "Until lions tell their tale, the story of the hunt will always glorify the >> hunter."-African Proverb > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.