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asking_writer
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March 29, 2012
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FM 9 TOC numbering issue

  • March 29, 2012
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The numbers in my TOC are off ("behind") by 1, relative to the actual document. Example: The TOC link says an item is on page 10, but it is actually on page 11 in the actual document.

I have tried updating the book, even generating a new TOC and still have this issue.

Any ideas how to fix this? Thanks.

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    Jeff_Coatsworth
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    Jeff_CoatsworthCommunity Expert
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    March 29, 2012

    - check the numbering on the book; it overrides that on the document

    - check that your doc doesn't have any "odd" front matter that's getting numbered differently

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    asking_writerAuthor
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    March 29, 2012

    I am not sure what you mean about numbering on the book? I have looked and didn't find any settings.

    There are 2 pages of front matter, but they are numbered i,ii - and anyhow the TOC is only off by 1 page, so I don't think that's it.

    Van Kurtz
    Van Kurtz
    Inspiring
    April 3, 2012

    The start of the paragraph with the 2nd topic is at the top of page 3. The TOC says it's page 2.

    I didn't make the document, so I am not sure what the tags are. From what I can tell it's an <unstructed> Index tag. There are entries for DITA tags in there too, but I am not using DITA anymore, and would like to get rid of them. The Reference pages say this for the document:

    UnstructMasterPageMaps

    Book Update (Yes or No): Yes

    Paragraph Tag Name    Right-Handed Master Page (or Single-Sided Master Page)    Left-Handed Master Page    Range Indicator (Single, Span pages, Until changed)    Comments

    title.0    Chapter_start        Single   

    When I ctrl-alt click on the 2nd topic in the TOC it takes me to page 3.

    The TOC entries on the TOC Reference page are like this:

    UnstructMasterPageMaps

    Book Update (Yes or No): Yes

    Paragraph Tag Name    Right-Handed Master Page (or Single-Sided Master Page)    Left-Handed Master Page    Range Indicator (Single, Span pages, Until changed)    Comments

                   

    StructMasterPageMaps

    Book Update (Yes or No): Yes

    Element / Paragraph Tag Name    Right-Handed Master Page (or Single-Sided Master Page)    Left-Handed Master Page    Attribute Name    Attribute Value    Context    Range Indicator (Single, Span pages, Until changed)    Comments


    There are several kinds of reference pages. What you have listed is NOT the TOC reference page. The TOC reference page displays TOC at the bottom. See the attached screen shot in the red square.

    The TOC reference page should have a set of paragraphs that look like the TOC.

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