Quickest Way to Fix Custom TOC Numbering

Question

I am trying to make my page numbers line up in a custom table of contents. this is not a stand alone or mini toc. i am still learning how to do this the right away so i manually typed in everything shown on the screen. I was curious what the quickest and easiest way to get page numbers to align in the right hand side of the page is. i tryed to follow a guide i found online and i cant get it to work with right tabs stops...and i am questioning if that is the correct way to do it. the dots are typed in manually. i am assuming i will have to delete them and use the tool. hoping for a link for a breif description on how i can line these up and submit the document .

LinSims · Accepted Answer

First you have to generate a TOC using Insert > Table of Contents > Create Standalone TOC.

Once you have a generated TOC:

1. Open the TOC file

2. Click View > Reference Pages

3. Find the Reference Page labeled TOC

4. Place your cursor in each line that shows the following:

<$paratext> <$pagenum>

These are the basic TOC formats (you can confirm this by looking at the status bar on the bottom of the page to see the name of the paragraph tag)

5. Open the paragraph designer (Format > Paragraphs > Paragraph Designer)

6. Click Edit under the Tap Stops list

7. Add the location you want the page numbers to appear at in the New Position field, then click Right, then select the type of dot leader you want.

8. Click Continue

9. Apply whatever other formatting you want, including indents or bolding using the tabs in Paragraph Designer

10. Click Update Style

11. Repeat for each level of of the TOC

Read up on building blocks to see what else you can include in the TOC.

Barb Binder · Answer

Hi Beau: i trained myself in framemaker. i am not at that ability yet.As your knowledge of FrameMaker increases, you will likely have additional questions on working with a table of contents (and I do think that you should let FrameMaker type it up for you!). I address the question of how to align page numbers in the post below, but since that has already been addressed, I wanted you to know that I have links at the bottom to multiple related posts that I suspect will someday be useful to you, and to others who are similarly new to working with FrameMaker's table of contents and other generated files.https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-framemaker-adding-tabs-to-a-table-of-contents/ ~Barb

Sign up

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Sign in to Adobe Community

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Scanning file for viruses.

This file cannot be downloaded