TOCs

[martin.smith at golehtek.com]

Hi Deirdre,

When you generate a table of contents or a list of paragraphs,  
FrameMaker inserts a new paragraph in the generated document for each  
paragraph retrieved.

However, you can generate a table of Collectors, Effectivities, and CH  
Numbers as you describe--complete with cross-reference links--with a  
little scripting.

The FrameScript language makes it possible to extend FrameMaker's  
out-of-the-box capabilities. If you don't have the time or the  
interest in learning to write scripts, you will find a number of  
people on this list and elsewhere (yours truly among them) who could  
implement a solution for you within a few days paid consulting time.  
If your documents are lengthy or updated frequently, it may well be  
worth your time to invest in a solution to automate the task.

You can check out my web site at www.golehtek.com for more information  
about the consulting services that I provide.

The FrameScript users list, hosted under Yahoo Groups, is also a good  
resource, as is the FrameScript web site at www.framescript.com.

Best regards,

Martin


Martin R. Smith
www.golehtek.com

Quoting Deirdre Reagan <deirdre.reagan at gmail.com>:

> Hi All:
>
> FrameMaker 8.0, Windows XP.
>
> I have a question about creating a TOC.  I'd like my TOC to have a
> table format with three columns. Is that possible?
>
> I'd like the Table of Contents to look like this:
>
>
> SUBJECT                      EFFECTIVITY    CH-SC-SB-FIG
> Top Collector                       701701           23-32-0X-X1
>
> Electrical Kit Collector          701701           23-32-0X-X2
>                                           921934
>
> Structure Kit Collector          365366           23-32-0X-X3
>                                           701701
>                                           921934
>
> where the Collectors are all one kind of paragraph tag, the
> effectivities are one kinds of paragraph tag, and the CH numbers are
> one kind of paragraph tag.
>
> Currently the TOC is done by hand with cross-references to the   
> paragraph tags.
>
> I've been in the references pages, fooling around to see what would
> happen, and I can't get two different paragraph tag TOCs on the same
> line.  Also, I drew a table onto the master page, hoping to fake a
> table format, but it didn't show up on the body page.
>
> Any help would be most appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Deirdre
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