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mozzerphil
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November 19, 2014
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How can I make leading .... appear in toc. P1 is broken, P2 is fine.

  • November 19, 2014
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Help please - I am desperate.

I have a 2-page toc in a new  book. I imported the toc format from a good toc and now page 2 looks great, but I cannot make the leading dots appear on page 1 and I need this damn book in one hour.

Thanks

Phil

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    Bob_Niland
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    November 19, 2014

    Did you run an Update Book?

    The formatting of the xyzzyTOC paras are controlled by their respective Paragraph Formats .AND. edits to them prototypes on Reference Page TOC.

    In particular, if you want leader dots, you must have a Tab (>) character manually typed into the proto paras .AND. you need the Tab properties set as desired for that tag in Paragraph Designer.

    mozzerphil
    Participant
    November 19, 2014

    Hi

    I updated the book a dozen times.

    The ref pages for the broken toc and the good toc from which I imported the formats look exactly the same.

    What is a prototype para please>

    Phil

    Bob_Niland
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    November 19, 2014

    > What is a prototype para please

    In the fileTOC.fm, on Reference Page TOC, this stuff:

    openObjectId <$relfilename>:<$ObjectType> <$ObjectId>

    <$paratext>>...<$pagenum>

    <$paratext>>...<$pagenum>

      <$paratext>>...<$pagenum>

      <$paratext>>...<$pagenum>

      <$paratext>>...<$pagenum>

        <$paratext>>...<$pagenum>

        <$paratext>>...<$pagenum>

    You need to click in each one to find out what xyzzyTOC paragraph tag it controls.

    If the >... is missing, you either have no tab in the proto, or no tabs defined for the tag (or tabs that don't work: too low, out-of-column, irrational justification, etc.).