Try spelling it <$chapnum> not <$chap*t*num>. HTH
Regards, Peter __________________ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:59 PM, <poshedly at bellsouth.net> wrote: > Hey all, > > (FM8.0 on an HP Pavilion pc) > > I'm having no success in generating a book TOC where each line entry includes > the topic (either level 1 or level 2), followed by a tabbed dot leader, > followed by the "chapnum", then a dash and then the "pagenum", like this: > > BLAH-BLAH LEVEL 1 ................................1-3 > ? BLAH-BLAH LEVEL 2 .............................1-4 > > The chapnum and pagenum were set up in each of the chapter master page > footers via Format > Headers&Footers, Insert page# and Insert other > Chapter > Number with a dash in between (as shown above) > > With the book file and all chapters opened, Format > Document > Numbering and > "1" was selected for the first chapter and Continue Numbering from Previous > File in Book was used for the subsequent chapters. > > Then at the book level, it's Format > Add Table of Contents, then moving only > the Section Title, Topic Level 1 and Topic Level 2 from the "Don't Include" > box ?to the "Include Paragraphs Tagged" box (the TOC is set to be placed > right after the book's title page and before the first chapter). > > In the Update Book dialog box, all checkboxes are checked and I click > "Update" to generate the file. > > The resultant file is in Times Roman with a space and a single page number > for everything. > > BLAH-BLAH 1 (displays as the paragraph for Topic Level 1TOC) > BLAH-BLAH 2 (displays as the paragraph for Topic Level 2TOC) > > After using paragraph designer to "Update all" with a Arial font, then a 6.9 > in. right-aligned tab with dot leader, I check the reference page, and set > the Topic Level 1TOC entry to > <$paratext>.....................................<$chaptnum>-<$pagenum> > > and the Topic Level 2TOC entry to > ? ? ? <$paratext>..............................<$chaptnum>-<$pagenum>