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stummeay
Inspiring
February 17, 2015
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I can't get the page numbers in my table of contents to update when I update the book.

  • February 17, 2015
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I'm using Framemaker 11 and I have two TOCs in my book: one in English and one in French. Each TOC links to different documents in the same book. The reference page for each TOC is set and correctly displays the heading 1 and 2 I've told it to display, but the numbers do not update when the content in my document files changes to a different page. I've checked the conditional text settings in my document files; they are correct. When I update the book, I choose to update Numbering, All Cross-References, All Text Insets, OLE Links, Generate Table of Contents, Lists, and Indexes. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

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    Correct answer Arnis Gubins

    If they're not reversed, then they are definitely not generated files. See the example from the FM11 Help: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/11.0/Using/images/bk_hier_books.png

    The "K" item is a TOC file that FM recognizes a generated file.

    Since you created your French TOC using another book structure, you could import by Reference this TOC file into another FM file (i.e. create a Text inset) in the main book that you want. However, you would need to do updates in two steps. First update the French book to revise that TOC. Then update the main book to get the rest of the pages correct (and since the french TOC is imported by Reference, FM will always use the latest version).

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    Arnis Gubins
    Arnis Gubins
    Inspiring
    February 19, 2015

    Do both TOCs show as generated files in the Book window, i.e. they're a reversed colour from the standard .fm files?

    How did you add both TOCs to the book file?

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    stummeayAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 19, 2015

    They are not a reversed color from my regular .fm files. I'm guessing they should be?

    To add them the English, I had my book open and did Add Table of Contents and selected Headings 1 and 2 to show. I formatted the Reference page to define the look of the TOC. (Sometimes I copy formats from another TOC. I copy Paragraph Formats, Page Layout, Document Properties, and Reference Pages, and I check the box to Delete Other Format / Overrides.)

    For the French TOC, I made a new book, did Add Table of Contents, formatted it, saved it as a new name, and added that file to my book. If I don't do it in a separate book (which I then delete), it picks up all Headings 1 and 2, including the English ones, which I don't want.

    Thank you for helping me figure this out.

    Bob_Niland
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    Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
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    February 19, 2015

    re: ... and added that [TOC] file to my book.

    That won't work. FM won't recognize it as generated, and Update Book won't update it. You need to do an Add > TOC, then edit the formats of that TOC (copying them in from the non-working TOC should suffice).

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