RE: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker

2008-02-08 Thread russ
Valerie,
 
Perhaps, then, your XML equivalent is not representative of what you are 
actually seeing, because that example you provided does put the text inside the 
desired element. If the text is actually not being wrapped, something is wrong 
with your conversion table.
 
Note that if you are generating your TOC based on elements and those elements 
have context labels, the context labels appear in parenthesis for the TOC 
formats. For example, a Heading element with a context label of 1 would 
generate the Heading(1)TOC format in the TOC.  For some reason, when you 
reference these formats in a conversion table, you need to escape the 
parenthesis with backslashes. I don't know why this is.  Something like:
 
Wrap this object or objects In this element
 
P:Heading\(1\)TOC   TOC1
P:Heading\(2\)TOC   TOC2

It seems like you may have already gotten that part, so if so, please 
disregard. One other item of note is that there may not be any good reason to 
preserve the inherent hierarchy of a TOC in the structure, unless some post 
process depends on it. Otherwise, because the TOC is autogenerated, there is no 
value to the added complexity of structural hierarchy. In other words, you 
might be able to get away with somthing like:

TOC
| 
| - TOC1
|
| - TOC2
| 
| - TOC2
| 
| - TOC3
| 
| - TOC2
| 
| - TOC1

etc.

In any case, you should be able to structure a TOC with a valid structure in 
the end. I've done it many times.

All this does beg the question, though, of why you want to do this. I used to 
do it out of a sense of purity, but finally realized that it had no value to 
me. If you are exporting XML, I'd think that any post-process would do its own 
contents and indexing.

If all else fails and you really need this, send me a sample TOC and your 
conversion table. I should be able to find your problem without too much 
trouble.

Russ
 
 

 

 Original Message 
Subject: Re: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured
Framemaker
From: Valerie Lipow [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, February 08, 2008 1:36 pm
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com

Hi Russ,

Thanks for replying!

The problem I see is that in the Structure View window, with the text of the 
Heading lies outside of a tagged element; i.e., in FM it appears with the red 
vertical ellipsis and seems to be outside the valid structure.

If I can relax about the look of the Structure View, please let me know, and 
I'll use this Structured TOC as is. If there is something else I should do in 
the EDD, please advise.

Val

On Feb 8, 2008 5:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Valerie,

I have used lots of structured TOCs before, so I'd like to try to help. 
However, I'm having a little trouble understanding your question, because based 
on your description, your outcome seems correct to me. You said you ended up 
with this:


Heading /Level/TOC
hypertext the link to the source in the .fm document /hypertext
.the text of the Heading in the .fm document
/Heading /Level/TOC


Isn't that what you want? This should produce an operational TOC entry and 
looks like what I have produced in the past when using structured TOCs.

Rudd

Message: 21
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:27:27 -0800
From: Valerie Lipow [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker
- Need Help
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Message-ID:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

I have inherited a book containing multiple documents and generated TOC and
Index. The documents have been structured. However, I want to structure the
TOC and Index as well. I have created a Conversion Table and an EDD to
impose structure on the generated TOC.

As I was experimenting with this type of EDD on a generated file, I saw in
the Structure View that FM imposes a hypertext element in the TOC that
captured the .fm link to the Heading in the document that was added to the
TOC design. However, the text of the Heading appears outside the structure;
i.e., the pointer to the Heading and the Heading text are separated in the
structure, and FM created the marker to the pointer, although the marker was
absent in the EDD.

I understood that because no hypertext marker was in the EDD, the
hypertext pointer ID in file.fm /hypertext was not recognized when I
imposed the EDD on the document. So, I added a marker in the EDD called
hypertext.

When I reimposed the EDD on the generated TOC, the content appears as
follows:

Heading /Level/TOC
hypertext the link to the source in the .fm document /hypertext
.the text of the Heading in the .fm document
/Heading /Level/TOC

What should the EDD look like to capture the Heading and the pointer?

Thanks in advance,
--
Valerie Lipow
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Re: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker

2008-02-08 Thread Valerie Lipow
Hi Russ,

Thanks for replying!

The problem I see is that in the Structure View window, with the text of the
Heading lies outside of a tagged element; i.e., in FM it appears with the
red vertical ellipsis and seems to be outside the valid structure.

If I can relax about the look of the Structure View, please let me know, and
I'll use this Structured TOC as is. If there is something else I should do
in the EDD, please advise.

Val

On Feb 8, 2008 5:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Valerie,

 I have used lots of structured TOCs before, so I'd like to try to help.
 However, I'm having a little trouble understanding your question, because
 based on your description, your outcome seems correct to me. You said you
 ended up with this:


 Heading /Level/TOC
 hypertext the link to the source in the .fm document /hypertext
 .the text of the Heading in the .fm document
 /Heading /Level/TOC


 Isn't that what you want? This should produce an operational TOC entry and
 looks like what I have produced in the past when using structured TOCs.

 Rudd

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 Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:27:27 -0800
 From: Valerie Lipow [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 - Need Help
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 Message-ID:
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 I have inherited a book containing multiple documents and generated TOC
 and
 Index. The documents have been structured. However, I want to structure
 the
 TOC and Index as well. I have created a Conversion Table and an EDD to
 impose structure on the generated TOC.

 As I was experimenting with this type of EDD on a generated file, I saw in
 the Structure View that FM imposes a hypertext element in the TOC that
 captured the .fm link to the Heading in the document that was added to the
 TOC design. However, the text of the Heading appears outside the
 structure;
 i.e., the pointer to the Heading and the Heading text are separated in the
 structure, and FM created the marker to the pointer, although the marker
 was
 absent in the EDD.

 I understood that because no hypertext marker was in the EDD, the
 hypertext pointer ID in file.fm /hypertext was not recognized when I
 imposed the EDD on the document. So, I added a marker in the EDD called
 hypertext.

 When I reimposed the EDD on the generated TOC, the content appears as
 follows:

 Heading /Level/TOC
 hypertext the link to the source in the .fm document /hypertext
 .the text of the Heading in the .fm document
 /Heading /Level/TOC

 What should the EDD look like to capture the Heading and the pointer?

 Thanks in advance,
 --
 Valerie Lipow
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]






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RE: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker

2008-02-08 Thread russ
Valerie,

I have used lots of structured TOCs before, so I'd like to try to help. 
However, I'm having a little trouble understanding your question, because based 
on your description, your outcome seems correct to me. You said you ended up 
with this:


Heading /Level/TOC
hypertext the link to the source in the .fm document /hypertext
.the text of the Heading in the .fm document
/Heading /Level/TOC


Isn't that what you want? This should produce an operational TOC entry and 
looks like what I have produced in the past when using structured TOCs.

Rudd

Message: 21
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:27:27 -0800
From: Valerie Lipow [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker
- Need Help
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Message-ID:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

I have inherited a book containing multiple documents and generated TOC and
Index. The documents have been structured. However, I want to structure the
TOC and Index as well. I have created a Conversion Table and an EDD to
impose structure on the generated TOC.

As I was experimenting with this type of EDD on a generated file, I saw in
the Structure View that FM imposes a hypertext element in the TOC that
captured the .fm link to the Heading in the document that was added to the
TOC design. However, the text of the Heading appears outside the structure;
i.e., the pointer to the Heading and the Heading text are separated in the
structure, and FM created the marker to the pointer, although the marker was
absent in the EDD.

I understood that because no hypertext marker was in the EDD, the
hypertext pointer ID in file.fm /hypertext was not recognized when I
imposed the EDD on the document. So, I added a marker in the EDD called
hypertext.

When I reimposed the EDD on the generated TOC, the content appears as
follows:

Heading /Level/TOC
hypertext the link to the source in the .fm document /hypertext
.the text of the Heading in the .fm document
/Heading /Level/TOC

What should the EDD look like to capture the Heading and the pointer?

Thanks in advance,
-- 
Valerie Lipow
[EMAIL PROTECTED]



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Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker

2008-02-08 Thread r...@weststreetconsulting.com
Valerie,

I have used lots of structured TOCs before, so I'd like to try to help. 
However, I'm having a little trouble understanding your question, because based 
on your description, your outcome seems correct to me. You said you ended up 
with this:



 the link to the source in the .fm document 
.the text of the Heading in the .fm document



Isn't that what you want? This should produce an operational TOC entry and 
looks like what I have produced in the past when using structured TOCs.

Rudd

Message: 21
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:27:27 -0800
From: "Valerie Lipow" <valli...@gmail.com>
Subject: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker
- Need Help
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Message-ID:
<808ccaab0802071127g667a1dcev388563a8d4463fd2 at mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

I have inherited a book containing multiple documents and generated TOC and
Index. The documents have been structured. However, I want to structure the
TOC and Index as well. I have created a Conversion Table and an EDD to
impose structure on the generated TOC.

As I was experimenting with this type of EDD on a generated file, I saw in
the Structure View that FM imposes a  element in the TOC that
captured the .fm link to the Heading in the document that was added to the
TOC design. However, the text of the Heading appears outside the structure;
i.e., the pointer to the Heading and the Heading text are separated in the
structure, and FM created the marker to the pointer, although the marker was
absent in the EDD.

I understood that because no  marker was in the EDD, the
 pointer ID in file.fm  was not recognized when I
imposed the EDD on the document. So, I added a marker in the EDD called
.

When I reimposed the EDD on the generated TOC, the content appears as
follows:


 the link to the source in the .fm document 
.the text of the Heading in the .fm document


What should the EDD look like to capture the Heading and the pointer?

Thanks in advance,
-- 
Valerie Lipow
vallipow at gmail.com





Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker

2008-02-08 Thread Valerie Lipow
Hi Russ,

Thanks for replying!

The problem I see is that in the Structure View window, with the text of the
Heading lies outside of a tagged element; i.e., in FM it appears with the
red vertical ellipsis and seems to be outside the valid structure.

If I can relax about the look of the Structure View, please let me know, and
I'll use this Structured TOC as is. If there is something else I should do
in the EDD, please advise.

Val

On Feb 8, 2008 5:04 AM,  wrote:

> Valerie,
>
> I have used lots of structured TOCs before, so I'd like to try to help.
> However, I'm having a little trouble understanding your question, because
> based on your description, your outcome seems correct to me. You said you
> ended up with this:
>
>
> 
>  the link to the source in the .fm document 
> .the text of the Heading in the .fm document
> 
>
>
> Isn't that what you want? This should produce an operational TOC entry and
> looks like what I have produced in the past when using structured TOCs.
>
> Rudd
>
> Message: 21
> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:27:27 -0800
> From: "Valerie Lipow" 
> Subject: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker
> - Need Help
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Message-ID:
> <808ccaab0802071127g667a1dcev388563a8d4463fd2 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> I have inherited a book containing multiple documents and generated TOC
> and
> Index. The documents have been structured. However, I want to structure
> the
> TOC and Index as well. I have created a Conversion Table and an EDD to
> impose structure on the generated TOC.
>
> As I was experimenting with this type of EDD on a generated file, I saw in
> the Structure View that FM imposes a  element in the TOC that
> captured the .fm link to the Heading in the document that was added to the
> TOC design. However, the text of the Heading appears outside the
> structure;
> i.e., the pointer to the Heading and the Heading text are separated in the
> structure, and FM created the marker to the pointer, although the marker
> was
> absent in the EDD.
>
> I understood that because no  marker was in the EDD, the
>  pointer ID in file.fm  was not recognized when I
> imposed the EDD on the document. So, I added a marker in the EDD called
> .
>
> When I reimposed the EDD on the generated TOC, the content appears as
> follows:
>
> 
>  the link to the source in the .fm document 
> .the text of the Heading in the .fm document
> 
>
> What should the EDD look like to capture the Heading and the pointer?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> --
> Valerie Lipow
> vallipow at gmail.com
>
>
>
>


-- 
Valerie Lipow
vallipow at gmail.com


Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker

2008-02-08 Thread r...@weststreetconsulting.com
Valerie,

Perhaps, then, your XML equivalent is not representative of what you are 
actually seeing, because that example you provided does put the text inside the 
desired element. If the text is actually not being wrapped, something is wrong 
with your conversion table.

Note that if you are generating your TOC based on elements and those elements 
have context labels, the context labels appear in parenthesis for the TOC 
formats. For example, a Heading element with a context label of "1" would 
generate the Heading(1)TOC format in the TOC.  For some reason, when you 
reference these formats in a conversion table, you need to escape the 
parenthesis with backslashes. I don't know why this is.  Something like:

Wrap this object or objects In this element

P:Heading\(1\)TOC   TOC1
P:Heading\(2\)TOC   TOC2

It seems like you may have already gotten that part, so if so, please 
disregard. One other item of note is that there may not be any good reason to 
preserve the inherent hierarchy of a TOC in the structure, unless some post 
process depends on it. Otherwise, because the TOC is autogenerated, there is no 
value to the added complexity of structural hierarchy. In other words, you 
might be able to get away with somthing like:

TOC
| 
| - TOC1
|
| - TOC2
| 
| - TOC2
| 
| - TOC3
| 
| - TOC2
| 
| - TOC1

etc.

In any case, you should be able to structure a TOC with a valid structure in 
the end. I've done it many times.

All this does beg the question, though, of why you want to do this. I used to 
do it out of a sense of purity, but finally realized that it had no value to 
me. If you are exporting XML, I'd think that any post-process would do its own 
contents and indexing.

If all else fails and you really need this, send me a sample TOC and your 
conversion table. I should be able to find your problem without too much 
trouble.

Russ





 Original Message 
Subject: Re: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured
Framemaker
From: "Valerie Lipow" <valli...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, February 08, 2008 1:36 pm
To: russ at weststreetconsulting.com
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com

Hi Russ,

Thanks for replying!

The problem I see is that in the Structure View window, with the text of the 
Heading lies outside of a tagged element; i.e., in FM it appears with the red 
vertical ellipsis and seems to be outside the valid structure.

If I can relax about the look of the Structure View, please let me know, and 
I'll use this Structured TOC as is. If there is something else I should do in 
the EDD, please advise.

Val

On Feb 8, 2008 5:04 AM,  wrote:
Valerie,

I have used lots of structured TOCs before, so I'd like to try to help. 
However, I'm having a little trouble understanding your question, because based 
on your description, your outcome seems correct to me. You said you ended up 
with this:



 the link to the source in the .fm document 
.the text of the Heading in the .fm document



Isn't that what you want? This should produce an operational TOC entry and 
looks like what I have produced in the past when using structured TOCs.

Rudd

Message: 21
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:27:27 -0800
From: "Valerie Lipow" <valli...@gmail.com>
Subject: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker
- Need Help
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Message-ID:
<808ccaab0802071127g667a1dcev388563a8d4463fd2 at mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

I have inherited a book containing multiple documents and generated TOC and
Index. The documents have been structured. However, I want to structure the
TOC and Index as well. I have created a Conversion Table and an EDD to
impose structure on the generated TOC.

As I was experimenting with this type of EDD on a generated file, I saw in
the Structure View that FM imposes a  element in the TOC that
captured the .fm link to the Heading in the document that was added to the
TOC design. However, the text of the Heading appears outside the structure;
i.e., the pointer to the Heading and the Heading text are separated in the
structure, and FM created the marker to the pointer, although the marker was
absent in the EDD.

I understood that because no  marker was in the EDD, the
 pointer ID in file.fm  was not recognized when I
imposed the EDD on the document. So, I added a marker in the EDD called
.

When I reimposed the EDD on the generated TOC, the content appears as
follows:


 the link to the source in the .fm document 
.the text of the Heading in the .fm document


What should the EDD look like to capture the Heading and the pointer?

Thanks in advance,
--
Valerie Lipow
vallipow at gmail.com







-- 
Valerie Lipow
vallipow at gmail.com 



Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker - Need Help

2008-02-07 Thread Valerie Lipow
I have inherited a book containing multiple documents and generated TOC and
Index. The documents have been structured. However, I want to structure the
TOC and Index as well. I have created a Conversion Table and an EDD to
impose structure on the generated TOC.

As I was experimenting with this type of EDD on a generated file, I saw in
the Structure View that FM imposes a hypertext element in the TOC that
captured the .fm link to the Heading in the document that was added to the
TOC design. However, the text of the Heading appears outside the structure;
i.e., the pointer to the Heading and the Heading text are separated in the
structure, and FM created the marker to the pointer, although the marker was
absent in the EDD.

I understood that because no hypertext marker was in the EDD, the
hypertext pointer ID in file.fm /hypertext was not recognized when I
imposed the EDD on the document. So, I added a marker in the EDD called
hypertext.

When I reimposed the EDD on the generated TOC, the content appears as
follows:

Heading /Level/TOC
hypertext the link to the source in the .fm document /hypertext
.the text of the Heading in the .fm document
/Heading /Level/TOC

What should the EDD look like to capture the Heading and the pointer?

Thanks in advance,
-- 
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Re: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker - Need Help

2008-02-07 Thread Valerie Lipow
 I'm not sure that there is anything to be gained by structuring a generated
file in a FM book. Of course, bookmarks and Search eliminate the need for
these links in an electronic PDF, and hyperlinks of any kind are irrelevant
in a printed document.

However, when I generated a PDF of the original book, with structured
chapters and generated TOC and Index, the PDF links were broken from the TOC
and Index. (In addition, the inter-chapter cross-references were broken,
while the intra-chapter links were intact. But that's a different message.)

My client was unhappy, and I was surprised, that when FM generated the PDF
(with bookmarks and tagging), the TOC links didn't work. So, I'm looking to
see if there is a way to impose structure easily on generated files.

Valerie Lipow
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

-Original Message-
From: Fred Ridder [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:43 am
Subject: RE: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker -
Need Help

 I am under the impression that most FrameMaker books built from structured
components have unstructured generated files. What is there to be gained
by making the generated files structured?

 Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:27:27 -0800
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
 Subject: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker -
Need Help


 I have inherited a book containing multiple documents and generated TOC
and
 Index. The documents have been structured. However, I want to structure
the
 TOC and Index as well. I have created a Conversion Table and an EDD to
 impose structure on the generated TOC.

 As I was experimenting with this type of EDD on a generated file, I saw in
 the Structure View that FM imposes a hypertext element in the TOC that
 captured the .fm link to the Heading in the document that was added to the
 TOC design. However, the text of the Heading appears outside the
structure;
 i.e., the pointer to the Heading and the Heading text are separated in the
 structure, and FM created the marker to the pointer, although the marker
was
 absent in the EDD.

 I understood that because no hypertext marker was in the EDD, the
 hypertext pointer ID in file.fm /hypertext was not recognized when I
 imposed the EDD on the document. So, I added a marker in the EDD called
 hypertext.

 When I reimposed the EDD on the generated TOC, the content appears as
 follows:

 Heading /Level/TOC
 hypertext the link to the source in the .fm document /hypertext
 .the text of the Heading in the .fm document
 /Heading /Level/TOC

 What should the EDD look like to capture the Heading and the pointer?

 Thanks in advance,
 --
 Valerie Lipow
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Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker - Need Help

2008-02-07 Thread Valerie Lipow
I have inherited a book containing multiple documents and generated TOC and
Index. The documents have been structured. However, I want to structure the
TOC and Index as well. I have created a Conversion Table and an EDD to
impose structure on the generated TOC.

As I was experimenting with this type of EDD on a generated file, I saw in
the Structure View that FM imposes a  element in the TOC that
captured the .fm link to the Heading in the document that was added to the
TOC design. However, the text of the Heading appears outside the structure;
i.e., the pointer to the Heading and the Heading text are separated in the
structure, and FM created the marker to the pointer, although the marker was
absent in the EDD.

I understood that because no  marker was in the EDD, the
 pointer ID in file.fm  was not recognized when I
imposed the EDD on the document. So, I added a marker in the EDD called
.

When I reimposed the EDD on the generated TOC, the content appears as
follows:


 the link to the source in the .fm document 
.the text of the Heading in the .fm document


What should the EDD look like to capture the Heading and the pointer?

Thanks in advance,
-- 
Valerie Lipow
vallipow at gmail.com


Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker - Need Help

2008-02-07 Thread Valerie Lipow
 I'm not sure that there is anything to be gained by structuring a generated
file in a FM book. Of course, bookmarks and Search eliminate the need for
these links in an electronic PDF, and hyperlinks of any kind are irrelevant
in a printed document.

However, when I generated a PDF of the original book, with structured
chapters and generated TOC and Index, the PDF links were broken from the TOC
and Index. (In addition, the inter-chapter cross-references were broken,
while the intra-chapter links were intact. But that's a different message.)

My client was unhappy, and I was surprised, that when FM generated the PDF
(with bookmarks and tagging), the TOC links didn't work. So, I'm looking to
see if there is a way to impose structure easily on generated files.

Valerie Lipow
vallipow at gmail.com

-Original Message-
From: Fred Ridder <docu...@hotmail.com>
To: vallipow at aol.com
Sent: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:43 am
Subject: RE: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker -
Need Help

 I am under the impression that most FrameMaker books built from structured
components have unstructured generated files. What is there to be gained
by making the generated files structured?

> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:27:27 -0800
> From: vallipow at gmail.com
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Creating a working generated TOC using Structured Framemaker -
Need Help

>
> I have inherited a book containing multiple documents and generated TOC
and
> Index. The documents have been structured. However, I want to structure
the
> TOC and Index as well. I have created a Conversion Table and an EDD to
> impose structure on the generated TOC.
>
> As I was experimenting with this type of EDD on a generated file, I saw in
> the Structure View that FM imposes a  element in the TOC that
> captured the .fm link to the Heading in the document that was added to the
> TOC design. However, the text of the Heading appears outside the
structure;
> i.e., the pointer to the Heading and the Heading text are separated in the
> structure, and FM created the marker to the pointer, although the marker
was
> absent in the EDD.
>
> I understood that because no  marker was in the EDD, the
>  pointer ID in file.fm  was not recognized when I
> imposed the EDD on the document. So, I added a marker in the EDD called
> .
>
> When I reimposed the EDD on the generated TOC, the content appears as
> follows:
>
> 
>  the link to the source in the .fm document 
> .the text of the Heading in the .fm document
> 
>
> What should the EDD look like to capture the Heading and the pointer?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> --
> Valerie Lipow
> vallipow at gmail.com
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