To Insert a Sheet List

Use this procedure to insert a sheet list on a sheet.

A sheet list is a table of contents for the sheets in a project. Normally, you place it on the cover sheet of your sheet set; however, you can place it on any sheet.

The sheet list is inserted as a table.

  1. On the Quick Access toolbar, click Project Navigator .
  2. Click the Sheets tab, and click (Sheet Set View) in the title bar.
  3. Open the sheet on which you want to place the sheet list.
  4. Select the sheet set, sheet, or subset, right-click, and click Insert Sheet List Table.
  5. On the Table Data tab, select the table style for the sheet list under Table Style name.

    To create a new table style, click .

  6. Enter the title of the sheet set under Title Text.
  7. Under Column Settings, define the information to include in the sheet list.

    Columns for sheet number and sheet title have already been defined; however, you can delete them.

    If you want to… Then…
    add a column to the sheet list click Add. Then, click the Data Type entry, and select the data you want to display in the list. You can choose subject, author, keywords, and more. To change the heading text for the entry, click the heading text and enter new text.
    remove a column from the sheet list select the column in the list, and click Remove.
    rearrange a column in the sheet list select the column in the list, and click Move Up or Move Down. The top entry in the list will be placed as the far left column in the sheet list. The next-lower entry will be placed next to the left column, and so on.
    Note: You can see a preview of the sheet list in the viewer on the left.
  8. Click the Subsets and Sheets tab, and select the sheets to include or select the subset if you want each sheet in that subset to be included in the table.

    When a subset is selected, any sheets added to that subset in the future are also added to the sheet list table.

  9. Click OK.
    Note: The sheet list is generated from the sheets contained in the sheet set. If you make manual changes to the sheet list after placing it on a sheet, these changes will be overwritten when you update the sheet list.
  10. Specify an insertion point for the sheet list on the current sheet.

    The sheet list is placed on the sheet.

    The sheet title and sheet number entries are hyperlinked to the files containing these sheets. If you Ctrl-click the sheet title or sheet number, it will open the associated drawing file.

    Sheet list table on cover sheet