Save us from the list of figures! Automating thesis drugery with InDesign
Two years ago Vikkie Chen published an excellent article on formatting your thesis in InDesign. This piece is a supplement which explains the automation of tables of contents and lists of figures. Updating these two sections with each draft is a tedious exercise, one that computers are perfectly capable of automating. As a side benefit, generating tables automatically creates hyperlinks in the resulting PDF file for easy navigation. Let’s jump in. Table of Contents By...