TOC building

[Art Campbell]

Susan,

Building a TOC is discussed in the help file, but basically you need
to set three levels of controls that do different things.

First, set up what types of paragraph tags are included in the TOC
using the book file, when you Add > TOC to the book. When you update
the book, that process generates a special type of cross reference
made up of a series of variables in the TOC file.

2. The type of variable you select or add to the Reference page of the
TOC controls the type of information -- but not the format -- of what
is displayed. For instance, you can modify the default setup of
<$parannum> <$pagenum>
   to read
<$paranum> <$chapnum> <$pagenum>
This is also the place where you'd insert a tab stop (just press the
Tab key) to separate the items -- probably between the <$paranum>
<$chapnum> so that the tab stop will be automatically inserted when
the TOC is generated.

3. In the TOC file itself, paragraph tags with a TOC suffix control
the formatting of entries, just as they do in any other FM file.
That's where you set the leadering -- it's linked to a tab stop that
you need to create. The tags also control the indent of a particular
tag Heading1TOC, or Heading2TOC, for instance.

It sounds as if you have #1 under control. So go on to 2 to control
the content and 3 to control the format, and you should be in good
shape.

Art

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On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Susan Curtzwiler <SusanCu at vmc.com> wrote:
> Hi All:
>
>  I am using FM7 with Distiller 5 and Vista Enterprise.
>
> I could really use some help with the building blocks of a TOC for a  book.
> My Frame7 Users Guide tells me that on the Reference page I will find a table for special text flow for the TOC.
>
>  There are several tables on the Ref pages, but nothing clearly marked for TOC or Indexes.
> My concentration right now is to get a TOC  with the following formatting resolved:
>
> 1.      Chapter numbers to clearly show up  and set aside  somewhat from the actual entries (and in the side bar of the PDF).
> 2.      Spacing with leader dots between entry and page number.
> 3.      Show chapter number and page number, such as 2-5.
>
> I have successfully generated the original TOC list, but what am I missing to get the rest of this finished?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Sue Curtzwiler
> susancu at vmc.com
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