Headings Clarification

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Having read all PDFs on eBook creating, also searched on Forum, I'm confused by something simple: my ebook has been uploaded and accepted by Lulu, but I can't see a TOC. I applied Heading 1 to front matter (each page) and Heading 2 to chapter titles; is Heading 3 for the actual chapter itself? Many thanks in advance.
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Just Kevin Lulu Genius
'Lucky' you that your file actually converted!
Anyway. Don't confuse headings with Heading Styles. They are to be found in the Style Ribbon at the top of Word. Headings are just words at the top of pages, but Heading Styles are just that, styles that can be added to them, and here some Heading Styles are used to tag what you want in a TOC.
Apply HS 1 to anything you want in the TOC (there has to be at least two things in the TOC to get through the Wizard, I usually just Have Title, Copyright, and Title again for the start of the story (most e-readers have Book marks that can be applied, so I am not sure why a TOC is even needed!)
HS 2 is usually used after HS 1 for a sub TOC within HS 1. HS 3 is usually used after HS 2 for a sub-sub TOC.
Then HS 1 has to be used again next.
I only use HS1
If you have already done that and they do not function then the ePub Wizard is still broken.
PS: You are meaning an ePub and not a PDF e-book?
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Arachis_2013 Florida Panhandle Writer
There is a table of contents icon at the top which opens a window for editing the TOC. There you will find buttons that will let you generate the table of contents from 'major headings' or 'all headings' and some other choices that we probably don't care about.
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Paul_Lulu Admin
The first is just the title page not appearing in the TOC. I'm actually not sure why that would happen. The first H1 listing should pin to the title page.The second is a file in the Calibre file list 'Bookmarks' that Calibre creates as a sort of auto-save. It just needs to be deleted.As an aside, our converter will accept ODT files from Open Office and we haven't had any reports of those files running into unexplained errors. You might try just running the ODT file through. -
Arachis_2013 Florida Panhandle Writer
Paul_Lulu said:As an aside, our converter will accept ODT files from Open Office and we haven't had any reports of those files running into unexplained errors. You might try just running the ODT file through.
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Lulu's convertor will not accept ready-made TOCs.
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