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> From: Berk/Devlin [SMTP:armadill -at- earthlink -dot- net]
>
>
> Things have moved around in the menus between FrameMaker 5.5.6 and 6.0,
> and
> not always in a good way, IMO.
>
> Yes, it's true that the templates I had appropriated were designed for
> 5.5.6 so the instructions for modifying them (understandably) did not
> work.
>
> And, I believe there are some bugs in the way FM 6.0 handles the
> TOC. Like, sometimes Set-up-TOC (which is now an entry in the Edit Menu
> for TOC files only, of course) is enabled and sometimes it's not.
>
You can always right-click this in the book window, as you could in previous
FrameMaker Windows versions.
> Same
> file. Just do a few handstands once in a while and it's enabled/disabled
> again.
>
I've been using FM6 for almost a year, and I have never run into any
problems or the need for acrobatics <vbg>.
> It turned out that I had to edit the Reference Page for the TOC to make my
>
> TOC come out right. Not intuitive and the help files are truly unhelpful.
>
FrameMaker uses the Reference pages of the TOC to define the contents of the
TOC. This was the same in earlier versions of FrameMaker. This might not be
intuitive if you come from another product, but it is entirely intuitive to
FrameMaker users. Furthermore, this is actually documented in the user
guide.
> Thanks to the many of you who offered suggestions and for letting me know
> you were trying to help. In particular, Julie Chan identified which
> arcane
> variable had to be deleted from the Reference Page (<pagenum>, from the
> Chapter Number section) and this did the trick. Made my weekend bearable.
>
<$pagenum> is not arcane.
Here's the deal, as with other versions of FrameMaker, you set up the
Reference page using system variables to get the output you want. So, in
order, I recommend you close everything but the book file. For each chapter
in the book, use Format|Document|Numbering to set up the chapter numbering.
Then, on the reference page of your toc use system variables to set up what
you want. For example:
<$paratext> [a tab and leaders inserted here] <$chapnum>-<$pagenum>
<$chapnum> is new for FrameMaker 6, BTW. It grabs the chapter number you set
up in Document|Numbering. This replaces what you used to set up in chapter
setup in earlier FrameMaker versions. Initially, because it has changed, you
might choose to dislike <$chapnum>, but as you get more comfortable with it,
you'll find it a pretty useful variable.
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