Peter, Thanks for the info. I went back to double check what was going on. The tabs were not there. I manually inserted them. The tabs/leaders work for Paragraph Designs (auto generated by Frame) Heading2TOC through Heading 5TOC. They do not work for Heading1TOC (the top level).
The tab mark is there, and I checked to make sure that all of the definitions in the Paragraph Designer were the same for all (tab position and leader type). I get nice leaders and page # placement for all except the top level. Any suggestions? Thanks, Brian -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Peter Gold" <pe...@knowhowpro.com> > Hi, Brian: > > Turn on View > Text Symbols to verify that there's a tab character to > the left of the page numbers on the TOC body page, then: > > * If there is NO tab character on the TOC body page, on the reference > page named TOC, if there is no tab character (looks like a greater > than symbol) to the left of the <$pagenum> building blocks for each > line that represents an entry level, you need.to manually type a tab > character at that spot. Then regenerate the TOC - FM creates the tab > on the body page before the page number by "picking up" the one you > type on the reference page. > > * If there IS a tab character to the left of the page number on the > TOC body page, then the cause usually comes from the TOC reference > page's text frame width being wider than the body page's text-frame > width. If you've position the right-aligned tab stop at the right edge > of the reference-page's text frame (the wider one), the tab character > in the text frame on the TOC body page can't reach the tab stop. > > HTH > > Regards, > > Peter Gold > KnowHow ProServices > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:52 AM, <blamborn at comcast.net> wrote: > > I am working with FrameMaker 8 on a Windows XP platform. I have my product > interface in preferences set to FrameMaker. > > > > I have generated a TOC and am trying to set tabs to place the page number > > out > near the right edge of the page. I have defined the tab stops, but when I > hit > the tab key the insertion point does not move. > > > > I have followed the steps laid out in the Help file to the letter and am > > not > having success. > > > > Can anyone point me in the right direction? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Brian
