How do YOU format page alignment in FM TOCs

[John Posada]

Nathan...I'm fine with getting it done as I described and it
works...I've been on FM since 5 JUST came out. I was only looking for
some super-duper ingenious technique that I didn't know about. 

> Maybe I am being to basic here John. But if you tell 
> me exactly how it is and where it is you are trying 
> to edit your TOC, then I can maybe help you a bit more.
> 
> 
> John Posada wrote:
> > Hi, guys...I need to make a recomendation to my writing team next
> > week on the best way to address some TOC rough edges.
> >
> > Let me explain. Right now, we include a section number
> <$paranum>,
> > the text <$paratext>, and a page number <$pagenum> on the TOC
> > reference page. 
> >
> > What I'm trying to address is when a TOC goes to a second line,
> the
> > page number would not right align, but only move to the next tab
> > position.
> >
> > The way they were doing it was to manualy press the tab key to
> move
> > things around. Their definition on the Reference page looks like:
> >
> > <$paranum>     >    <$paratext>   >    <$pagenum>
> >  
> > The first thing that I did was to change the manual tabs to the
> tab
> > character \t
> >
> > It then looked like:
> >
> > <$paranum>\t<$paratext>\t<$pagenum>
> >
> > The problem is it still doesn't move the page number to the
> right.
> > So, I added a pair of \t\t
> >
> > <$paranum>\t<$paratext>\t\t<$pagenum>
> >
> > which now does what I want. If the TOC entry is one line, no
> impact.
> > If the TOC entry is two lines, the page number still right
> aligns.
> > This is what I want.
> >
> > However...I'm interested in other ways of doing this. If anyone
> has a
> > more gracefull way of addressing it, I'd be interested in hearing
> > about it.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > John Posada
> > Senior Technical Writer
> >
> > "So long and thanks for all the fish."
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John Posada
Senior Technical Writer

"So long and thanks for all the fish."