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asking_writer
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March 29, 2012
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FM 9 TOC numbering issue

  • March 29, 2012
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The numbers in my TOC are off ("behind") by 1, relative to the actual document. Example: The TOC link says an item is on page 10, but it is actually on page 11 in the actual document.

I have tried updating the book, even generating a new TOC and still have this issue.

Any ideas how to fix this? Thanks.

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    Jeff_Coatsworth
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    March 29, 2012

    - check the numbering on the book; it overrides that on the document

    - check that your doc doesn't have any "odd" front matter that's getting numbered differently

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    asking_writerAuthor
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    March 29, 2012

    I am not sure what you mean about numbering on the book? I have looked and didn't find any settings.

    There are 2 pages of front matter, but they are numbered i,ii - and anyhow the TOC is only off by 1 page, so I don't think that's it.

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    Anonymous
    April 2, 2012

    To follow on Arnis and Jeff's posts, if you get the message about Pagination/Numbering, be sure to save all files in your book after updating. If you're not saving changes, then the original chapter files may not get updated.

    I've seen more than one client treat the messages as irrelevant, thus not fixing the correction to the chapter numbering.

    -Matt

    @mattrsullivan


    Thanks for all the input.

    The book was setup with a left/right Master page layout. The pagination made a blank page when I first got the file (I was not the first author), and I belive the pagination was set to "make pages even".

    I checked to make sure all files were set to double-sided: first page side read from file, "make pages even" - and I'm still getting the error.

    The first page of the main document, the first topic heading, is fine in the TOC - they match. The 2nd page of the doc is a continuation of the topic on the first page, and the 2nd topic starts on page 3, so the entry in the TOC for the 2nd topic of the doc should say page 3, but the TOC says it starts on page 2, a page behind.

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