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Klaus,
Do you need a specific distance to the left? If not, you can simply place the chapter number variable to the left of the page number. They will both be right aligned, but the chapter number will populate to the left. Just keep enough room in the page number frame you have on your Master Page to allow for double-digits (or triple... depending on how long your document is) as the page numbers increase. I use a hyphen to separate the chapter from the page number. It looks like this on a right-hand page (below).
Keep in mind that FM's tab positions are absolute values specified w.r.t to the Left edge of the text frame.
If you must have the chapter text 1cm to the left of the page number, then you need to determine where the right-aligned page number text will be starting.
A simple way to get the absolute value of the starting position is to simply draw a vertical line (using the graphics tools) where the left-most edge of the page numbers is expected to be. Then use the object properties to get the Left position of this line. You can then delete the line.
Next, select the text frame and get the left position of the frame.
Subtract the text frame left from the line position to get the position of the line (i.e. where you have the page numbers starting) within the text frame.
Now subtract 1cm from this value to get the right-tab position of the text.
In the Paragraph Designer for your TOC tag entry, on the Basic tab, select the New Tab Stop entry and then click the Edit button under the Tab stops to get the Tab defintion panel.
Now enter the position that you calculated and select the Right Button and then click Continue to define the tab stop.
Now define a further tab for the page numbers at the right edge by repeating the previous steps using the value of the right-margin for the tab stop.
Finally, click on the Update All button of the Paragraph Designer to permanently set the tag with these tab stops.
You may need to repeat this process for other paratags in the TOC.
Note: it may work better to set right-aligned tabs rather using a right-aligned paratag layout. You may need to experiment to see what works best in your situation.
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