adding user variables to the TOC

[Deirdre Reagan]

Hey!  Good idea!  I will try this.

Thanks!

Deirdre

On 6/16/08, Stuart Rogers <srogers at phoenix-geophysics.com> wrote:
> Deirdre Reagan wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> >
>
>
> Caveat:  I haven't tried this.  But suppose you put your XX-XX-XX variable
> in a conditional paragraph ahead of the ChapterTitle paragraph, and include
> both pgfs in your TOC setup (with the first tagged as RunIn in the TOC).
> Show the condition, generate and save the TOC, then hide the condition.
>
> Might work?
>
> --
> Stuart Rogers
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