Adding Imported Word Files to a Table of Contents

Up to this point in the tutorial, we have imported the Word files into the project. By way of the Import Microsoft Word Wizard, the Word documents have been converted into topic-based HTML files.

Let's add the new topics about Austin to the project's primary table of contents (TOC).

How to Add Imported Word Files to a TOC

  1. From Flare Desktop’s Project Organizer, expand the TOCs folder and double-click Online-TOC (Primary).

    Note Primary TOC aside, during a Word import Flare Desktop automatically creates a TOC. The name of it is based on the top Word file listed for import in the wizard, but all the HTML files generated are included in the TOC. Notice in the example image above, Flare Desktop generated a TOC named "Barbecue." (The TOC name you see might be Motorsports, that's okay. It depends on the order the files were listed at import.) You can double-click the generated TOC file to view its contents.

  2. From Flare Desktop’s Content Explorer, let’s drag the newly imported topics and drop them logically into the Online-TOC.

    • Select Barbecue.htm, and drop it in the TOC as a new book after the Famous Austin Folks book.
    • Select Central Texas Style.htm, and drop it under the Barbecue book.
    • Select Barbecue Hot Spots.htm, and drop it under the Barbecue book at the end.
    • Select Motorsports.htm, and drop it in the TOC as a new book after Barbecue.
    • Select Circuit of the Americas.htm, and drop it under the Motorsports book.

    • Select COTA’s Concert Venue.htm, and drop it under the Motorsports book at the end.

      Note In order to align TOC items correctly you might have to use the TOC arrow keys in the toolbar to move items up, down, to the right, or to the left in the TOC structure. See TOC Editor.

    The Online-TOC should look like this when you are done:

  3. (Optional) From Flare Desktop’s Project Organizer, expand the TOCs folder. Since this tutorial uses the Online-TOC, you can right-click the auto-generated TOC that Flare Desktop created during the import process, and then select Delete to remove it from the project. (Your TOC might say "Motorsports" instead of "Barbecue.")

  4. Click Save all files. to save all files.