Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker

[Valerie Lipow]

Hi Russ,

Thanks for replying!

The problem I see is that in the Structure View window, with the text of the
Heading lies outside of a tagged element; i.e., in FM it appears with the
red vertical ellipsis and seems to be outside the valid structure.

If I can relax about the look of the Structure View, please let me know, and
I'll use this Structured TOC as is. If there is something else I should do
in the EDD, please advise.

Val

On Feb 8, 2008 5:04 AM, <russ at weststreetconsulting.com> wrote:

> Valerie,
>
> I have used lots of structured TOCs before, so I'd like to try to help.
> However, I'm having a little trouble understanding your question, because
> based on your description, your outcome seems correct to me. You said you
> ended up with this:
>
>
> <Heading /Level/TOC>
> <hypertext> the link to the source in the .fm document </hypertext>
> .....the text of the Heading in the .fm document
> </Heading /Level/TOC>
>
>
> Isn't that what you want? This should produce an operational TOC entry and
> looks like what I have produced in the past when using structured TOCs.
>
> Rudd
>
> Message: 21
> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:27:27 -0800
> From: "Valerie Lipow" <vallipow at gmail.com>
> Subject: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker
> - Need Help
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> I have inherited a book containing multiple documents and generated TOC
> and
> Index. The documents have been structured. However, I want to structure
> the
> TOC and Index as well. I have created a Conversion Table and an EDD to
> impose structure on the generated TOC.
>
> As I was experimenting with this type of EDD on a generated file, I saw in
> the Structure View that FM imposes a <hypertext> element in the TOC that
> captured the .fm link to the Heading in the document that was added to the
> TOC design. However, the text of the Heading appears outside the
> structure;
> i.e., the pointer to the Heading and the Heading text are separated in the
> structure, and FM created the marker to the pointer, although the marker
> was
> absent in the EDD.
>
> I understood that because no <hypertext> marker was in the EDD, the
> <hypertext> pointer ID in file.fm </hypertext> was not recognized when I
> imposed the EDD on the document. So, I added a marker in the EDD called
> <hypertext>.
>
> When I reimposed the EDD on the generated TOC, the content appears as
> follows:
>
> <Heading /Level/TOC>
> <hypertext> the link to the source in the .fm document </hypertext>
> .....the text of the Heading in the .fm document
> </Heading /Level/TOC>
>
> What should the EDD look like to capture the Heading and the pointer?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> --
> Valerie Lipow
> vallipow at gmail.com
>
>
>
>


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Valerie Lipow
vallipow at gmail.com