I prefer to compile books without using a master document, because of
hassles with the side-effects of hidden sections. I will continue doing
that.

Jean

On Tue, 24 Aug 2021 at 10:45 Olivier Hallot <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Jean, Team
>
> I worked on the hidden sections in the chapters.
>
> Inserting sections is tricky. You cannot add an outer section, i.e. a
> section that wraps an already existing section. So you must add the
> outer section first and then add the inner sections. Related to this
> behaviour, I had to delete the chapter ToC (*), add the hidden section
> around Copyright inside SEC_DISPLAYAREA and then add back the ToC in the
> inner section.
>
> SEC_HIDDEN is hidden on condition that the variable "book eq 1".
>
> I also created a prototype of the master document and linked the
> chapters pulled from WIP folder. On the top of the master doc I set
> "book" to 1 and all SEC_HIDDEN section are then hidden.
>
> So it works. If we stick to ODF, all is good.
>
> However, due to an old problem, the bookmarks exported in the PDF get
> fooled by the hidden sections, so the links in the PDF bookmarks are
> wrong and get worse when you click to get chapter deep inside the book.
>
> I uploaded a separated zip file in the /7.2/ folder with the ODF, ODM
> and Chapters with the hidden sections added.
>
> Kind rgards
> Olivier
>
> (*) for some reason, the ToC is inserted as an internal section or the
> like in the document
>
> Em 23/08/2021 15:53, Olivier Hallot escreveu:
> > Hello Jean
> > I'll try to insert the hidden section back.
> > Stay tuned
> > Kind regards
> > Olivier
> >
> > Em 23/08/2021 02:00, Jean Weber escreveu:
> >> Olivier,
> >>
> >> I am looking at the chapter files for Getting Started 7.2 and Writer
> >> Guide 7.2, where you added sections to help with HTML export. Those
> >> files appear to have lost the sections that cause the chapter
> >> copyright page and ToC to be hidden when a master document is
> >> compiled.
> >>
> >> I can re-add those sections, but it's a slow process. Perhaps you have
> >> a way to do it quickly? I'm sorry I did not notice this earlier. The
> >> files are in the Work in Progress folders for GS7.2 and WG7.2.
> >>
> >> Jean
> >>
> >
>
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