You can publish a map that has no table of contents.

Sometimes you may need to publish maps with reduced functionality to protect data or to meet special needs of your audience. Publisher lets you publish maps with reduced functionality, allowing you to tailor the ArcReader experience for a particular purpose. This example shows how to turn the table of contents off. You can follow the same steps to reduce other functionality in your map, depending on your needs.

To do so, click the Publisher menu and click Settings. Click the Functionality tab and uncheck View Table of Contents. Click OK, then publish the map.

When someone opens the published map they will get a message box that indicates that some commands or tools have been disabled.

Publisher lets you adjust the settings of your map when you publish it. Having control over the way your map is published serves a variety of purposes from making it easier for ArcReader users to interact with a complex map to protecting sensitive data. Selecting the proper settings can help make the map more useful for its intended audience.