In FM 10 Table of contents wraps ok except the page number.

[Gast]

In FM 10  Table of contents wraps ok except if the text just makes it to the end of the line the page the page number goes to the start of the next line. If the text is longer the text wraps fine and the page number goes right justified as it should.  What am I missing?

[Jeff_Coatsworth]

Personally, I'd be using way shorter headings, but I bet there's a way to cause the heading entry to break at a specified point and then apply the page numbering correctly (I just don't know how to do it offhand myself).

[Van Kurtz · Accepted solution]

Glenn,

I developed a fix for this. It has been published several times in this forum, but the search engine is not working, so I cannot find it. I will try to repeat it as much as I can remember.

You need to redefine your TOC paragraph tags. In the paragraph designer, select a TOC tag. Select the Advanced tab. In the section on Word Spacing, set Minimum to 275%, Maximum to 375%, and Optimum to 100%; CLEAR (uncheck) Allow Automatic Letter Spacing. Click Update All.

REPEAT the above for each TOC paragraph tag.

Then update your book.

Normally, Minimum should be less than Optimum, which should be less than Maximum. I have no idea what FrameMaker actually does, but it appears to try to set the word spacing between minimum and maximum; this determines where the line breaks. THEN sets the spacing to optimum, which is 100%. The result is a line break that is several characters to the LEFT of the frame edge. If the above settings do not give you enough break, then add 100% to minimum and maximum, but NOT optimum; optimum should always be 100%. If the breaking is too much, try subtracting 100% from minimum and maximum.

By setting your TOC paragraph tags with these changes, the line breaking is automatic.

Hope this helps,

Van

[Gast]

Thanks Van your solution is quck easy and works.     I did try searching first but realized the search engine was not operating.

[Bob_Niland]

... but the search engine is not working, so I cannot find it. I will try to repeat it as much as I can remember.

Perhaps:

http://forums.adobe.com/message/3060560#3060560

Found with a Google search restricted to site:forums.adobe.com

[Van Kurtz]

Thanks Error,

Yes, that is the one. I never thought of trying to search with google.

Van

[Bob_Niland]

I never thought of trying to search with google.

Until Adobe fixes forum search (and it apparently isn't a Jive problem per se), using an outside search engine is the only way to find stuff, and it provides more precise AND/OR/NOT/date filtering when you use an "advanced" UI.

For Google:

http://www.google.com/advanced_search?&hl=en
all these words: framemaker
Search within a site or domain: forums.adobe.com

other fields as desired.

[Lynne A. Price]

Van,

   When you want to change several settings the same way in multiple paragraph formats, there is no need to do so one format at a time.

   To set all formats in all paragraphs and catalog entries:

1) Open the paragraph designer and go to the appropriate tab.

2) Type Shift-F8 to set all properties on the tab to "As Is".

3) Set the properties you care about to the desired values.

4) From the Commands pop-up in the lower-left corner, select Global Update Options.

5) Click the All Paragraphs and Catalog Entries.

6) Click Update.

  The properties you specified but no others have been changed.

  If you do not want to update all paragraphs or catalog entries, make a copy of your document. In the copy, delete all catalog entries you do not want to update. Perform the above steps. Import paragraph formats from the copy into the actual document(s).

        --Lynne