TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Thought I'd pass on the wisdom of those that helped me out.
For anyone else thinking about using RD fields to build a
TOC from multiple docs, they are a powerful feature.
With reference to yesterdays post, this is my understanding:
* long folder & filenames with spaces upset the TOC
* move sub-documents to a folder with a DOS-like
shortname and rename docs to a shortname solves
the problem
* leave names alone and enclose the path in quotes
also solves the problem
* watch out for opening documents from the last used
list. The filename might contain spaces you don't see.
* space before final } doesn't seem important
Fields with syntax:
{ RD c:\\test\\chapter1.doc}
{ RD "c:\\my documents\\docs\\chapter 1 test.doc" }
both worked fine.
