Table of Contents & Index in Affinity Layout (No More Manual TOCs)

👉 See my real client work: https://martinperens.com/ Logos, layouts, branding. All production, no theory. Ever spent hours manually building a Table of Contents… only for everything to break the moment your client adds new pages? Yeah. Never again. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create fully automatic Tables of Contents and Indexes in Affinity Layout that update themselves in seconds. We’ll cover: ✅ How TOCs are generated from heading styles ✅ How to insert, style, and update them properly ✅ How to build a professional Index by tagging entries ✅ How to keep everything perfectly synchronized as your document evolves This is for designers working on books, magazines, manuals, brochures, and long documents who want to stop wasting time on boring admin work and let the software do its job. You’ll also get practical troubleshooting tips, clean styling habits, and smart workflow decisions that save hours on every project. If you use Affinity Layout for real publishing work, this is a must-know workflow that instantly levels up your speed and professionalism. Next up, we’ll dive into Publishing & Exporting so your layouts are ready for the real world. ✅ Subscribe so you don’t miss it. ✅ And promise me one thing: never manually type a Table of Contents again. Ever.