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virtualtechwriter
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March 19, 2021
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TOC line text is not working right

  • March 19, 2021
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I guess I want it to wrap to the next line to keep the numbers aligned?

 

 

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    Correct answer virtualtechwriter

    I found an article (I forgot where) where you change the min/max percentages. And that worked. I appreciate all your help.

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    Barb Binder
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    March 21, 2021

    Your reference page is great.

     

    You are showing us a different area of the text in the second screenshot. Can you show us the original screenshot after you add the non-breaking space to page 65?

     

    ~Barb 

    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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    virtualtechwriterAuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    March 21, 2021

    I found an article (I forgot where) where you change the min/max percentages. And that worked. I appreciate all your help.

    Barb Binder
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    March 20, 2021

    InDesign has an elegant solution to this specific situation that is missing in FrameMaker. Would you consider voting for this feature request?

    https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-9847

    https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-7310

     

    ~Barb 

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    virtualtechwriterAuthor
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    March 20, 2021

    I voted!

      Barb Binder
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      March 20, 2021

      Hi @virtualtechwriter :

       

      I would go to page 65 and replace the space between Block and Description with a non-breaking space: Ctrl + spacebar. Then update the book.

       

      ~Barb 

      ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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      virtualtechwriterAuthor
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      March 20, 2021

      It did not work using the non breaking space.

       

      Should there be a \t on the reference page? 

       

       

      Bob_Niland
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      March 20, 2021

      First two thoughts are:

      1. Are the spaces normal or non-breaking in what I'd guess are Table titles?
      2. Is the Tab-R position in the TOC actually at the right edge of the column?
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      virtualtechwriterAuthor
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      March 20, 2021

      @1073695 Per Barb I added a non breaking space on the long titles but no luck.

      I do not understand what you mean in #2

      Bob_Niland
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      March 20, 2021

      I was just trying to figure out what we are seeing here, and not suggesting fixes. Barb seems to have a more solid handle on it than I do at the moment.

      My #2 question was about whether the column or text frame is actual wider than that tabbing expects.

      Anyway, the way I might work around this is to generate the ToC from invisible metaparagraphs, which are themselves just Xrefs to suitably short Headings/Titles, but would be hand crafted auto-numbered abbreviations for really long Headings/Titles.

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      virtualtechwriterAuthor
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      March 20, 2021

      Anybody?

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