adding user variables to the TOC

[Deirdre Reagan]

Thanks everyone!  The document is an Aircraft Maintenance Manual (does
anyone else on this list write an AMM?)

Let's say we have a Class Divider, an Overhead Bin, and a Lavatory
that all need a description chapter, an installation chapter, and a
repair chapter.

So our TOC will be

Class Divider Description
Class Divider Installation
Class Divider Repair

Overhead Bin Description
Overhead Bin Installation
Overhead Bin Repair

Lavatory Description
Lavatory Installation
Lavatory Repair

What we want the TOC to look like is this:

25-23-01 Class Divider Description
25-23-01 Class Divider Installation
25-23-01 Class Divider Repair

25-51-01 Overhead Bin Description
25-51-01 Overhead Bin Installation
25-51-01 Overhead Bin Repair

25-41-01 Lavatory Description
25-41-01 Lavatory Installation
25-41-01 Lavatory Repair

But we don't want the actual Chapter Title to have the XX-XX-XX in it.

You can see that the number changes among the components, but doesn't
change within each component's related chapters.

It's looking more and more like I'll have to put the XX-XX-XX within
the chapter and change the text to white.

Thanks all!

On 6/16/08, Jim Owens <jowens at magma.ca> wrote:
> If you aren't using autonumbering for the chapter title, then you can put
> XX-XX-XX in the autonumbering text and set it to a white character format.
> Then, if the TOC reference pages specify to include <$paranum> in the TOC
> entry, the autonumber will show up in the TOC.
>
> P.S. I've confirmed Fred Ridder's observation that, even though you can
> include the footer paragraph tag in the TOC, this won't add the footer text
> to the TOC.
>
>
> Deirdre Reagan wrote:
> >
> > Thanks everyone for all the responses.  We are attempting to use the
> > user variable as an adjective in front of the chapter title.  As such,
> > the user variable doesn't need to have a page number associated with
> > it.
> >
> > Here's the 411:
> >
> > We have a variable, XX-XX-XX, in the footer on the master page.  The
> > chapter title is Component Name.  My lead writer wants the TOC to read
> > XX-XX-XX Component Name, but he doesn't want the chapter to be called
> > XX-XX-XX Component Name.
> >
> > I'm thinking I'm going to have to put the XX-XX-XX as the last
> > paragraph on the body page and just turn the text white so it doesn't
> > show up.  But of course we then run the risk of having another user
> > delete it by accident.
> >
> > Thanks again for all the information!
> >
> > Deirdre
> >
> >
> > On 6/16/08, Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Not directly, no. A TOC lists content -- Body Page material. By
> > > definition, something on a Master Page wouldn't be included because
> > > it's out of the text flow where a reader can't see it and because it
> > > doesn't have a physical location as a page number -- it's on a master
> > > page.
> > >
> > > Art
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Deirdre Reagan
> > > <deirdre.reagan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all:
> > > >
> > > > I'm on FM 8.0, Windows XP and I just returned from a training course
> > > > using Adobe FrameMaker 7.0 Classroom in a Book.  A lot of people have
> > > > recommended that book; I concur.  It's a great basic training book.
> > > >
> > > > I have to create a TOC and one of items I want to list in the TOC is a
> > > > user variable that is located on the master page of my chapters.  Is
> > > > it possible to have the TOC pick up a user variable?  When we were
> > > > building the TOC, I didn't see that option anywhere, and when I went
> > > > to the reference page to add formatting, I didn't see that I could add
> > > > it there either.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > Deirdre
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