Line Formatting in List of Figures/Tables

[Nick26557183qsr8]

Hi, 

I am creating a List of Figures and a List of Tables for my document. Some of my figure and table headings are fairly long, and, the description text in the list continues onto a second line. I placed an extra tab before the <$chapnum> and a nonbreakable hyphen between <$chapnum> and <$pagenum> on my reference page (see below). However, when the text length is such that the number is split between the first and second line, the alignment does not work. Please see the example below and let me know if there is anything that I can do to get the chapter and page numbers to align right.

Tab Setup:

Reference Page:

Thank you,

Nick 

[LinSims]

You put an extra tab in on the reference page, but not on the paragraph definition.

[Barb Binder]

What version are you on, @Nick26557183qsr8? If you are on Fall 2022, then this is a good use for the brand new last line right indent. The bonus is it will push ROOFTOP to the next line, so the page number won't be alone. 

https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-framemaker-last-line-right-indent/

[LinSims]

I was going to suggest that, but her screenshot of the Basic tab doesn't show the new Last Line Right field. She's at least on 2020 and maybe earlier.

[Barb Binder]

Yes, Lin, I realized that as I was grabbing my screen shot. 

Nick, if you have a subscription, it 's a free upgrade. 

~Barb

[Jeff_Coatsworth]

@Barb Binder I think from @Nick26557183qsr8 's prior posts they're on FM2017.

[Nick26557183qsr8]

Hi Lin, Barb and Jeff. Thank you for your responses. My company is on FM2017. I can talk to them about upgrading, but I'd rather not do that on my own, since I have a company subsrciption.

Lin, will it fix my issue if I insert a tab into the paragraph definition?

Thanks again,
Nick

[LinSims · Accepted solution]

I think so, yes. It's been a while and my brain tends to drop things like that, which can make life very frustrating at times.

If it doesn't work, try this word spacing solution: https://community.adobe.com/t5/framemaker-discussions/in-fm-10-table-of-contents-wraps-ok-except-the...

[Barb Binder · Accepted solution]

Hi Nick:

Here is a trick for older versions of FrameMaker that I learned from @Winfried Reng: restore the single tab between <$paratext> and <$pagenum> and update your book.

Then click in the problem style:

Paragraph Designer > Advanced: set the Minimum Spacing to 200% and the Maximum Spacing to 100%. Update the style. 

Let us know if that works for you.

~Barb

EDIT: It's early here. @LinSims referenced the same answer in the post directly above mine on November 3. Did you give it a shot?

[Nick26557183qsr8]

That worked! Thanks. Btw, just saw @LinSims response. Thanks a buch y'all!

Nick

[Nick26557183qsr8]

I may have spoken a bit too soon. I made the spacing changes, and all but the two entries shown below look great. Should I make a change to the spacing values? 

[Barb Binder · Accepted solution]

Hi Nick:

I'm out of class but unclear if you are good to go, or not, since you marked answers as correct, but just in case:

On the reference page, remove the two tabs and the space between <$paratext> and <$chapnum>, replace with a single tab.

On the body pages, edit the h1TOC style as shown below and click Update Style.

~Barb

[Nick26557183qsr8]

That worked! Thank you Barb.

Nick

[Barb Binder]

We are always happy to help, Nick.

~Barb