"Dotted" Table of Contents with InDesign ?

[alexis]

Hi, I have created a table of contents for a book I've designed using InDesign CS and now I want to "connect" chapters titles with page numbers using dots.

I've followed instructions from "The InDesign CS Bible" to create the table of contents but I don't see how to use connecting dots.

InDesign allows me to put any character between chapter names and page numbers, but every chapter name has a different number of letters so the number of dots has to change according to the space available.

Any idea on how to do this?

Thank you very much.

[thinkart]

Locate your tabs pallet. Select a text frame with the type tool. Type a period in the Leader field (in the tabs pallet). On the right hand side you should have 4 different arrows. Click on the 3rd one. Now click anywhere just above the ruler. You will see that the X field now has a number. That’s how long your tab leader will be. You can type a different value in the X field if you are not happy with what you have. Now type a word and press tab. Your leaders will show up and they will go as far as you set your X value in the Tabs palette. Now type another word. You will see that the second word is right justified. To have a different type of justification you need to click on any of the other arrows.:mr: