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TOC - page width issue

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December 4, 2018
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Hello all,

I've an issue where the TOC entries in a generated .pdf are being truncated. So far, I've played around a bit with page layout and text frame size as well as tab stops but no luck. Here is a composite showing a screenshot from FM and one from Adobe reader. Note how the chapter/page is not showing in reader.

Thanks in advance.

regards,

Ben

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Correct answer LinSims

If the LOT is set up to be wider than the page width, and the tags used to format the entries are using that entire width, then that's why the page numbers aren't showing up. You've literally put them beyond the width of the page.

Frame will wrap the long lines and you can set it up so that the second line indents a bit so it's obviously part of the previous line. If a two line entry in the LOT isn't acceptable, then change the font size so your longest line fits.

LinSims

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If the LOT is set up to be wider than the page width, and the tags used to format the entries are using that entire width, then that's why the page numbers aren't showing up. You've literally put them beyond the width of the page.

Frame will wrap the long lines and you can set it up so that the second line indents a bit so it's obviously part of the previous line. If a two line entry in the LOT isn't acceptable, then change the font size so your longest line fits.

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RBKearnsJrAuthor

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linsims

Thanks for the reply. But to be clear the LOT dimensions seen in my previous post along with the Page Size I set (Format>Page Layout>Page Size) to be W=700pt seems to have done the trick and I can see the CH-PG numbers on the right side of the entries. The one thing I note however is that the right side of the frame

Barb Binder

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Hi Ben:

700 pts is 9.7 inches. If you output to a PDF with a width of of 8.5 inches, the right side of the page will be truncated.

Also did you finish that last sentence?

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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RBKearnsJrAuthor

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I seemed to have come to "a" solution. Although, rather that using a screw driver on a screw, I may have used a hammer....

I fumbled around with tab stops, page size and text frame size (on body and reference pages). I would not at all be surprised if there is a better/cleaner way....

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Barb Binder

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So did the paper sizes match?

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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RBKearnsJrAuthor

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Hi Barb,

I'm not entirely sure how to determine this but I tried to determine this by creating a .pdf (Save As .pdf from File Menu) for the LOT.

The resulting .pdf file size is 26.9KB. The FM file in 70.KB).

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RBKearnsJrAuthor

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Thanks for suggestions/advice. Will proceed.

In the meantime, I should mention that this is not a TOC but a LOT and it's the only page that I have issue with. All other pages are generated fine into .pdf

Barb Binder

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Hi Ben:

It doesn’t matter if it’s actually an LOT versus a TOC. All the generated files work the same way.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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RBKearnsJrAuthor

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Hey Barb,

Understood. It's just that I've been cursed with the need to be anal....

Barb Binder

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It looks to me like it is a page size discrepancy, Ben.

Check the Fm document size, and then check the resulting PDF document size. Are you on CC 2019 yet? How (exactly) are you creating the PDF?

I'm guessing you are outputting to a smaller page size than your Fm file. As always, I'm happy to take a look if you want to put your TOC on dropbox and post a link.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training