Tab in multi-line TOC entry does not work

[Reng, Dr. Winfried]

Hi Nancy,

Yes. As others already said, add more tabs between
<$paratext> and <$chapnum>.

However, you do not need 1 per line.

You have to add as many tabs so that there will be at
least the same number of tabs in the last line as in
regular first lines.

Examples:

Figure 1.6:xxxxxxxxxtab1-8
Here you have a single tab. When you add a soft return
you still have your single tab before the page number.
You do not need additional tabs:
Figure 1.6:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxtab1-8

Figure 1.6:tabxxxxxxxxxtab1-8
Here you have two tabs. When you add a soft return you
have only a single tab before the page number in the
second line. The first one between the figure number
and the figure title is missing:
Figure 1.6:tabxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxtab1-8

With an additional tab it works:
Figure 1.6:tabxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxtabtab1-8

This is the same if you would have 3 lines. Still you
need only 2 tabs in the last line:
Figure 1.6:tabxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxtabtab1-8

I guess you can calculate how many tabs you need, if you
would have an additional tab between "Figure" and the
figure number.

Therefore you have to do this:
o Make sure that the indentation of the second line matches
  the first tab.
o Add a single tab between <$paratext> and <$chapnum>.
  But more do not harm.

Best regards

Winfried

> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com 
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of 
> Nancy Allison
> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:01 PM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Tab in multi-line TOC entry does not work
> 
> Hi, everyone.
> 
> My List of Figures includes a caption that is very long. 
> (Engineers feel a need to write an entire encyclopedia entry 
> in each caption, and I haven't been able to dissuade them.)
> 
> I put soft returns in the actual caption in the text, so that 
> is broken like this:
> 
> 
> Simplified Equivalent Circuits of a Dielectric, Showing the
>  Various Parameters of Current as a Function of Test Voltage 
> (Parallel R/C Network)
> 
> It shows up in the List of Figures like this (should align 
> correctly if your email is set to Plain Text):
> 
> Figure 1.6   Blah blah blah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
> 
> Figure 1.7   Simplified Equivalent Circuits of a Dielectric, 
> Showing the
>                    Various Parameters of Current as a 
> Function of Test Voltage 
>                    (Parallel R/C Network)>1-9
> 
> I've checked on the Reference page. Both figure 1.6 and 1.7 
> above use the same reference page entry. No other tab 
> interferes with the proper placement of the page number. So 
> why doesn't 1-9 appear under 1-8?
> 
> Is this such an old problem that I've forgotten the solution? 
> I know I've encountered it before -- but I also know that 
> other figure titles with soft returns in them have worked 
> just fine. I don't know what's wrong with this one.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> --Nancy