section/no section number TOC

[Mollye Barrett]

   Richard,

   I wasn't clear enough in my situation explaination...

   Every book has multiple sections. The front matter and the TOC need  
to display without section numbers and all other chapters in the book  
to display with section numbers. The front matter needs to appear in  
the TOC without a section number. I don't want additional paragraph  
styles, just the ability to "hide" the section number.

   I, too, question the wisdom but this is a client request...not my  
idea. I'm trying conditional text right now but don't think it will  
work at the book level.

   Still scratching my head,

   Mollye

   Quoting "Combs, Richard" <richard.combs at Polycom.com>:

> Mollye Barrett wrote:
>
>>     I'm working on a template and the user wants the option of NOT
>> using section numbers on some chapters and in the TOC. I've created
>> master pages to accomodate the section/no section requirements.
>> Currently, the TOC styles are tied to paragraph tags (H-1, H-2, H-3)
>> and those paragraph tags are formatted on the reference page with
>> chapnums-pagenum. How can I get the same heading style (H-1, H-2, H-3)
>> to generate without a section number?
>
> TOC entries are always generated from specific pgf tags, and all  
> the  TOC entries from a given pgf tag (like H-1) will look the same,  
> as  defined in the reference page TOC specification.
>
> So you need new heading pgf tags (e.g., H-1A, H-2A) -- not   
> necessarily defined to look different or not have numbers (although   
> I can't imagine why your user would want all headings numbered, but   
> only some of the numbers to appear in the TOC), but just so you can   
> define a different TOC spec for each of those pgfs.
>
> So on the TOC ref page, H-1TOC might look like this ("\t" is a tab):
>
> <$paranum> \t<$paratext> \t<$pagenum>
>
> But H-1ATOC might look like this:
>
> \t<$paratext> \t<$pagenum>
>
> Note that it doesn't matter whether H-1A has an autonumber or not  
> --  in the TOC spec, you're telling FM not to display it even if it   
> exists.
>
> All that said, I have to wonder about the wisdom of the whole idea... :-}
>
> Richard
>
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> Richard G. Combs
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> Polycom, Inc.
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