TOC not what should be

[Fred Ridder]

Umm, maybe because the system variable is <$chapnum> (no "t") rather than <$chaptnum>?

-Fred Ridder

 
> From: poshedly at bellsouth.net
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: TOC not what should be
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 19:59:46 +0000
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> (FM8.0 on an HP Pavilion pc)
> 
> I'm having no success in generating a book TOC where each line entry includes the topic (either level 1 or level 2), followed by a tabbed dot leader, followed by the "chapnum", then a dash and then the "pagenum", like this:
> 
> BLAH-BLAH LEVEL 1 ................................1-3
> BLAH-BLAH LEVEL 2 .............................1-4
> 
> The chapnum and pagenum were set up in each of the chapter master page footers via Format > Headers&Footers, Insert page# and Insert other > Chapter Number with a dash in between (as shown above)
> 
> With the book file and all chapters opened, Format > Document > Numbering and "1" was selected for the first chapter and Continue Numbering from Previous File in Book was used for the subsequent chapters.
> 
> Then at the book level, it's Format > Add Table of Contents, then moving only the Section Title, Topic Level 1 and Topic Level 2 from the "Don't Include" box to the "Include Paragraphs Tagged" box (the TOC is set to be placed right after the book's title page and before the first chapter).
> 
> In the Update Book dialog box, all checkboxes are checked and I click "Update" to generate the file.
> 
> The resultant file is in Times Roman with a space and a single page number for everything.
> 
> BLAH-BLAH 1 (displays as the paragraph for Topic Level 1TOC)
> BLAH-BLAH 2 (displays as the paragraph for Topic Level 2TOC)
> 
> After using paragraph designer to "Update all" with a Arial font, then a 6.9 in. right-aligned tab with dot leader, I check the reference page, and set the Topic Level 1TOC entry to 
> <$paratext>.....................................<$chaptnum>-<$pagenum>
> 
> and the Topic Level 2TOC entry to 
> <$paratext>..............................<$chaptnum>-<$pagenum>
> 
> What I get is this:
> 
> BLAH-BLAH LEVEL 1 ................................3
> BLAH-BLAH LEVEL 2 .............................4
> 
> I've checked and doublechecked my settings and even consulted chapter 12 of my printout of the official FM 8.0 manual (what a doosy). Nothing seems amiss, but still it's just not working.
> 
> -- Kenpo in Atlanta