Appendix entries in TOC

[Mike Ashfield]

I'm having trouble getting the "Appendix A:" etc. headings into the TOC on one of my documents. Strangely, it is working on another document very nicely after lots of fiddling around. Unfortunately I can't see why it works and when I import all the formats into the problem TOC from the working TOC it doesn't make that one work. Does anyone have ANY suggestions please???

Thanks.

Mike Ashfield (Volantis Systems)

[Tim Murray]

What version of Frame (please always include this)? And what is the
paragraph specification for the heading now?

[Mike Ashfield]

This is FrameMaker 6.0.

I have in the document:
Appendix A: Device Names for Remote Repository Entries where "Appendix A:" is formatted as Appendix.number and "Device Names ..." is formatted as Chapter.name

In the TOC Reference Pages I have:
openObjectId <$relfilename>:<$ObjectType> <$ObjectId>
<$paratext>..........<$pagenum>
for a variety of headings
<$paratext> <$pagenum>
for each of Chapter.numberTOC Chapter.nameTOC and Appendix.numberTOC

I also have this:
openObjectId <$relfilename>:<$ObjectType> <$ObjectId>
<$paratext>.....<$pagenum>
for Chapter.nameTOC (across both columns)
Appendix <$paranumonly>
for Appendix.numberTOC (in left column)
Chapter <$paranumonly>
for Chapter.numberTOC (in left column)
<$paratext> <$pagenum>
several of these for different headings (in right column)

[Tim Murray]

Since you have FM6, I would use the new <$chapnum> variable. You set its
value in the book file. In chapters, you simply insert the variable where
you need it -- you don't need to use paragraph numbering. So the heading
might say Appendix <$chapnum>, which will show up as Appendix A on the
screen (if you've set to A in the book file).

The TOC would then use
Appendix <$chapnum>

I noticed you said "I also have this". If you mean you have two sets of TOC
specifications (rather than "I also tried this"), that's a problem ... you
should have only one specification.

[Mike Ashfield]

Thanks Tim.
<$chapnum> solves the problem. I did have 2 sets of TOC specifications - although removing one made no difference. I assume this is because one was for a single column page and the other for a two column page - and only the two column version was used?
Many Thanks,
Mike

[Tim Murray]

Actually the column appearance is completely ignored. All Frame cares about
are the building blocks, tabs, and so on that are inside the text frame.
Frame just picks one -- perhaps the first one, I don't know -- and runs with
it.

[Horace Smith]

Mike,

I just define the Appendix title on the first text line as Heading 1, numbering alphabetic, and it works fine. I also use it in my header with a Running whatever 1.

[Joel Benson]

Frame picks the one that is in a text frame named TOC. View the reference page in question, Control-Click on the text frame that appears to define your TOC formatting, and the name of that text frame will appear in the middle of the status bar at the bottom of the window. You should find that one is named TOC and the other is not. Get rid of that other one, it doesn't do anything but confuse you.

Note that when you are viewing a reference page and have not selected anything on it, the same location will display the reference page name. It may well be TOC, but that doesn't matter. It is the text frame named TOC that controls the formatting.

[Mike Ashfield]

Many thanks to you all. Problem now perfectly solved to my complete satisfaction after I used <$chapnum> instead of <+n> in an "Appendix" paragraph style and sorted out the Reference Pages.
Mike