Nathan...I'm fine with getting it done as I described and it works...I've been on FM since 5 JUST came out. I was only looking for some super-duper ingenious technique that I didn't know about.
> Maybe I am being to basic here John. But if you tell > me exactly how it is and where it is you are trying > to edit your TOC, then I can maybe help you a bit more. > > > John Posada wrote: > > Hi, guys...I need to make a recomendation to my writing team next > > week on the best way to address some TOC rough edges. > > > > Let me explain. Right now, we include a section number > <$paranum>, > > the text <$paratext>, and a page number <$pagenum> on the TOC > > reference page. > > > > What I'm trying to address is when a TOC goes to a second line, > the > > page number would not right align, but only move to the next tab > > position. > > > > The way they were doing it was to manualy press the tab key to > move > > things around. Their definition on the Reference page looks like: > > > > <$paranum> > <$paratext> > <$pagenum> > > > > The first thing that I did was to change the manual tabs to the > tab > > character \t > > > > It then looked like: > > > > <$paranum>\t<$paratext>\t<$pagenum> > > > > The problem is it still doesn't move the page number to the > right. > > So, I added a pair of \t\t > > > > <$paranum>\t<$paratext>\t\t<$pagenum> > > > > which now does what I want. If the TOC entry is one line, no > impact. > > If the TOC entry is two lines, the page number still right > aligns. > > This is what I want. > > > > However...I'm interested in other ways of doing this. If anyone > has a > > more gracefull way of addressing it, I'd be interested in hearing > > about it. > > > > Thanks > > > > > > John Posada > > Senior Technical Writer > > > > "So long and thanks for all the fish." > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as > nathan.cullen at ideaworks3d.com. > > > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/nathan.cullen%40ideaworks3d.com > > > > Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit > > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > > > > John Posada Senior Technical Writer "So long and thanks for all the fish."