The Table of Contents (ToC) is a very useful feature in InDesign not just to create a chapter-wise ToC, but also to list out basically anything that has a paragraph style.
To access the ToC options, go to theĀ LayoutĀ menu and selectĀ Table of Contentsā¦Ā to open theĀ Table of ContentsĀ dialog box. You might need to clickĀ More OptionsĀ to reveal additional options in the dialog box.
There are a lot of options in here but the most important thing is to add the paragraph style that resembles the chapter headings. In the above example, we have selected the ch.title from the Other Styles area and pressed the <<Add button to add the style to the Include Paragraph Styles area.
Next, define the entry style by selecting the appropriate style for your ToC in theĀ Entry StyleĀ dropdown menu. The entry style defines how the ToC labels look like. If you donāt define the entry style, you will be having the original paragraph style in your ToC, which might not look good.
Review the options and click OK to see the ToC. The above example shows a very basic ToC. You can of course go ahead and customize the paragraph styles that you want as discussed earlier and use them in the ToC to get all sorts of custom ToCs.