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
