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I have a table of content that currently looks like this:

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However, I am trying to add leading dots between the title and the corresponding page number. Here's what my Table of Contents... dialog looks like:

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But I'm not sure where to define that leading dot. I tried adding a dot in the Between Entry and Page Number field but it didn't help. Any idea?

Update: On Scott's recommendation below, I tried adding the "dot" character to the Tabs dialog of the Paragraph Style option but it didn't yield any difference. This is what I did:

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Add the leaders to the tabs Not in the TOC dialog, in the Style dialog.

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  • I tried it but am not sure how to go about it. I added the dot in the Leader field for each of the 4 "arrow" buttons on top. But nothing is showing. I didn't enter anything in the X and Align On field as those are the fields I don't understand. Updated the question with a screenshot of my Tabs dialog.
    – TheLearner
    Jun 21, 2015 at 13:15
  • You need to alter the A Chapter Title style based upon your screenshot. The x field is the position of the tab from the left side. The Align on field is used if you want the tab to align text on a marker, like a dollar sign or decimal or something like that.
    – Scott
    Jun 21, 2015 at 13:20
  • @AmitSchandillia Your style screenshot shows no tabs You can't have a leader if there's no tab to follow it. You need to add a tab on the right side. Take another look at my screenshot... see that right aligned tab in it??
    – Scott
    Jun 21, 2015 at 13:22
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In the table of contents set-up, you've got ^y instead of ^t in the "Between Entry and Number" field. I don't know if this is your only problem, but the Indesign Reference Manual (updated as of June 15, 2015) suggests this.

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As Scott wrote, you need to change the Paragraph Style you set to the TOC entries. Since you find it difficult, have a look to this step-by-step guide (see the "Put dots between the entries and their page numbers" section)

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