[duxuser] Re: Question about Generating a Table of Contents
- From: "Deborah Barnes" <dbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 11:20:04 -0400
Thanks so much, Teri. I knew if I asked on this list I'd get some good tips
and you've given me lots to think about. Since this is a cookbook, I'm
having enough headaches already so thought to learn as much as I can about
the Table of Contents generator before I'm ready to use it.
Thanks again and have a great day,
Deb B.
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Teri McElroy
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 6:38 PM
To: dbt
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Question about Generating a Table of Contents
Hi Deborah
First, I would recommend that you put in a running footer. Before I
started doing this, the leader dots and their page number would
sometimes migrate to the next line. Since I put in a footer this
problem doesn't seem to occur anymore. You can do this bi going to
layout menu and hitting f for footer. In the box where you type what
you want for the footer, put a single space and hit enter.
This needs to be placed after your other preliminary pages at the
point in the document where you want the contents to be positioned.
Oh, and another tip. If you don't want the title page, special
symbols etc to appear in your contents, use hds and hde for heading 1,
and tab to cell 5 for cell five headings or they will be put in the
contents.
If you're working in a dxp file, translate your document.
The contents generator will use your headings to build the contents.
In 10.4 it has a habbit of getting the page numbers wrong so I always
go through after the contents is generated to check that they are
correct. It's easy enough to use the proof copy of whatever I'm doing
to check which page number the actual headings occur on, then go to
the contents in the dxb file and correct the number using six key
entry. When I had problems with this before, George recommended
trying to regenerate the contents again and the numbers would be
correct, but I've never got this to work properly, so I find it easier
to just go through and check since I have to proof the document
anyway.
When you call up the contents generator, make sure the cursor is
positioned on the opening bracket of the [rfe] command which will be
inserted when you do
the running footer.
On opening the contents generator, you have a couple of choices as to
whether you just go with the default which dbt will present i.e the
bana-style contents, or you can choose to create a custom style
contents page. I always do this because it allows me to change
options. So, assuming you want to choose which level of headings are
used in the contents etc, tab past the ok and cancel buttons to the
combo box and arrow down to custom.
Now you can tab through the various options and select whatever is
appropriate for you. The next combo box after the custom style one is
where you can choose which level of heading is included in your
contents. So, if you want only level 1, type 1 in this box. If you
want 1 and 2, type 2. Mine defaults to 99 but I only use levels 1 and
2 normally so I just leave that option as is.
Another option you might want to change is the one which tells the
contents to use either print or braille page numbers.
When you've set things up as you want, hit enter and voilla, the
contents will be generated!
I don't change a lot of the settings in here, so sometimes find it
easier to shift-tab to the options I want when I open the contents
generator rather than tabbing around through the whole lot!
Hope that helps.
Teri
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deborah Barnes" <dbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 7:00 AM
Subject: [duxuser] Question about Generating a Table of Contents
Hi everyone,
I've never actually generated a Table of Contents using the new
Contents
feature. I did not type the document--it was given to me to format,
fix,
and otherwise straighten out ... but I have to put in a Table of
Contents.
Short on time so can anyone tell me what to do to make sure this
works? I
think I remember trying it once and having problems.
It has headings--like Appetizers, Breads, etc. It also has each
recipe that
can be listed but we're looking at a very simple Contents page with
just the
major items listed. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Deb B.
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