Hi, I have a similar layout as you: a textframe which spans the whole page and below a 2-column textframe which holds the actual index entries. My text frames are both "A". Probably that?s the reason why your setup does not work.
Best regards Winfried > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: framers-bounces+wreng=tycoint.com at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+wreng=tycoint.com at lists.frameusers.com]Im > Auftrag von Doug > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 9. M?rz 2006 17:34 > An: Framers List > Betreff: Displaying heading text in a book > > > I use Frame 7.0p579 on WinXP. > > The index of my book uses a 2-column body text frame labeled A. The > index heading sports an overhead line, and since we want this to span > the width of the page, we have placed the heading in a separate text > frame, tagged IX. The problem is that in the book, when I toggle it > to Display Heading Text, the index displays the capital letter A and > not the word Index from the heading. > > Both text frames, A and IX, feature the Autoconnect checkbox checked. > If I clear the checkbox from the A text frame and save the file, the > entry in the book file changes from A to the filename.fm, even though > the rest of the books shows heading text and not filenames. > > My question is: what logic does Frame use to decide which text to > display in the book when the Display Heading Text mode is selected? > In blank empty test books I've tried, it takes the first text entered > in the A text frame. I've tried swapping name tags of the two text > frames but this doesn't help. > > --Doug