Can you change Heading levels in the Table of Contents?

Question

Usually, the Heading levels match the way they appear in the Table of Contents: Heading 1 is at the left margin, Heading 2 indented once, and so on.

Is there a way to break this pattern? Can I make a specific Heading 1 appear indented once, and the following Heading 2 indent twice?

Shawn Wilson_g4ajat · Answer

This is interesting, but it's not what I'm looking for, because it affects all the entries. Let me explain better than before.

Right now my ToC looks like this:

* Topic A (Heading 1)* SubTopic A1 (Heading 2)

* Topic B (Heading 1)* SubTopic B1 (Heading 2)
* SubTopic B2 (Heading 2)

* Topic C (Heading 1)* SubTopic C1 (Heading 2)

I'd like to change it to look like this:

* Topic A (Heading 1)* SubTopic A1 (Heading 2)

* Topic B (Heading 1)* SubTopic B1 (Heading 2)
* SubTopic B2 (Heading 2)
* Topic C (Heading 1)* SubTopic C1 (Heading 2)

Note that, in the body of the document, Topic C and SubTopic C1 are still using Heading 1 and 2, respectively.

Right now my workaround is to change the headings in the body, so that the Topic C heading is actually Heading 2, but LOOKS like Heading 1.

Shannon S · Answer

Hi Shawn,

In the Table of Contents Macro, you have the ability to include the indent parameter which will allow you to increase the level of indent:

Sets the indent for a list according to CSS quantities. Entering 10px will successively indent heading groups by 10px. For example, level 1 headings will be indented 10px and level 2 headings will be indented an additional 10px.

Go ahead and give that a try and let us know if that helps you do what you need or if you have any trouble or questions.

Kind Regards,
Shannon