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Is there any way to create a minitoc in DITA, using the section titles within a topic?

Explorer ,
Feb 20, 2024 Feb 20, 2024

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I am using Framemaker with DITA, and some of my topics include multiple sections. It would be so great to generate these topics with an automatic miniTOC at the top, listing the sections within the topic...

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Community Expert , Feb 21, 2024 Feb 21, 2024

I have a clean way of doing this with XSLT in FrameMaker. I am going to post a YouTube video in the next couple of days. I will share the link when it is ready.

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Feb 20, 2024 Feb 20, 2024

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You can use Insert > Table of Contents > Create Mini TOC, but it will likely be unstructered and make the topic invalid. This may not be an issue if you are not saving back to XML.

 

The best approach may be to mock up the TOC using valid DITA and then use XSLT to add the TOC on import to FrameMaker. If you can send me a topic offlist, I can mock something up here. Thanks. rick at frameexpert dot com

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Feb 20, 2024 Feb 20, 2024

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Thanks for helping! Actually, I'm at a loss because the Create Mini TOC command is greyed out. Is there any part of the structured document I should be inserting it at?

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It looks like the Mini TOC commands are disabled with structured documents. I tried it with a DITA topic, and it's grayed out for me too.

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Are you able to send me a topic offlist so I can experiment with a TOC? rick at frameexpert dot com

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Feb 21, 2024 Feb 21, 2024

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sorry, what is a topic offlist? Thanks again for helping.

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What I mean is, can you email me one of your topics so I can experiment with a structured TOC?

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I have a clean way of doing this with XSLT in FrameMaker. I am going to post a YouTube video in the next couple of days. I will share the link when it is ready.

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Here is an 11 minute video that outlines a way to add a mini-TOC to a FrameMaker DITA topic. It's unedited and a bit rough, but it should give you an idea of what is possible. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

 

https://youtu.be/fPfq_PmosE8

How to create a mini-TOC in a structured FrameMaker DITA topic using XSLT

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thank you!!!

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