diff --git a/src/lib/editor/extensions/tableOfContents.ts b/src/lib/editor/extensions/tableOfContents.ts
index db0616d..1b00206 100644
--- a/src/lib/editor/extensions/tableOfContents.ts
+++ b/src/lib/editor/extensions/tableOfContents.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ const FALLBACK_PAGE_HEIGHT = 1123;
 // The heading above the entries. An imported TOC keeps the one its file used
 // ("Inhalt", "Sommaire", …); a freshly inserted one takes this.
 const TITLE = 'Table of Contents';
+// Enough leader dots to cross the widest gap a page can offer; the row clips the rest.
+const LEADER_DOTS = 200;
 
 declare module '@tiptap/core' {
   interface Commands<ReturnType> {
@@ -183,6 +185,9 @@ class TocView {
       text.textContent = e.text;
       const leader = document.createElement('span');
       leader.className = 'toc-leader';
+      // Real dots, as a word processor fills the gap: they scale with the font and
+      // reach the PDF as text. The row clips whatever the gap has no room for.
+      leader.textContent = '.'.repeat(LEADER_DOTS);
       const page = document.createElement('span');
       page.className = 'toc-page';
       page.textContent = String(e.page);
diff --git a/src/lib/styles/styleSheet.ts b/src/lib/styles/styleSheet.ts
index fa081ba..7428bf7 100644
--- a/src/lib/styles/styleSheet.ts
+++ b/src/lib/styles/styleSheet.ts
@@ -270,7 +270,10 @@ export function styleCss(sheet: StyleSheet): string {
     const attr = `[data-style="${style.name.replace(/"/g, '\\"')}"]`;
     const selectors = [`.paper .tiptap ${attr}`];
     if (style.outlineLevel) selectors.push(`.paper .tiptap h${style.outlineLevel}:not([data-style])`);
-    if (style.name === DEFAULT_STYLE) selectors.push('.paper .tiptap p:not([data-style])');
+    if (style.outlineLevel === 1) selectors.push('.paper .tiptap .toc-title'); // the index heads its list like any chapter
+    // The generated index carries no style name, and a word processor bases its own
+    // index styles on the default one — so it follows the document's body text.
+    if (style.name === DEFAULT_STYLE) selectors.push('.paper .tiptap p:not([data-style])', '.paper .tiptap .toc');
     rules.push(`${selectors.join(',\n')} {\n  ${decls.join(';\n  ')};\n}`);
 
     // A list marker inherits the item's own font, never its paragraph's, so the item
diff --git a/src/styles/editor.css b/src/styles/editor.css
index ea33ed1..9f418cd 100644
--- a/src/styles/editor.css
+++ b/src/styles/editor.css
@@ -214,13 +214,13 @@
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
   flex: 0 1 auto;
 }
-/* Dotted leader filling the gap; nudged up to sit on the text baseline. */
+/* Leader dots filling the gap: the row grants the span the space that is left and
+   clips the dots that do not fit, so the page number stays put. */
 .paper .tiptap .toc-leader {
-  flex: 1 1 auto;
+  flex: 1 1 0; /* basis 0: the dots are decoration, they must not size the row */
   min-width: 1em;
-  margin: 0 4px;
-  border-bottom: 1px dotted currentColor;
-  transform: translateY(-0.25em);
+  overflow: hidden;
+  white-space: nowrap;
 }
 .paper .tiptap .toc-page {
   flex: 0 0 auto;