On 18.11.2019 14:23, Philip Jackson wrote: > Hi Dave: > > Of course, my note was written before I saw your reply to Regina. It > hadn't been received by the list at that time. > See below for other thoughts: > > On 18/11/2019 10:35, DaveB wrote: >> On 17.11.2019 16:26, Philip Jackson wrote: >>> On 14/11/2019 07:58, Dave Barton wrote: >>>> I have set up chapter numbering as per the help page >>>> https://tinyurl.com/vsq77lu and created a "New Chapter" page style. >>>> >>>> After inserting a manual page break with the "New Chapter" page style I >>>> set the first paragraph style to "Heading 1" and the correct chapter >>>> name/number is displayed both on the page and in Navigator. >>>> >>>> However, when I insert a TOC into the document no chapters appear in >>>> the >>>> index. >>>> >>>> Any thoughts or pointers would be welcome. >>>> >>>> Thanks Dave >>>> >>>> >>>> Looking at your original document, it is clear that in the chapters you >>>> have created, all that appears in the heading of each chapter is the >>>> 'Before' and 'After' elements that you have specified in the dialog box >>>> of Tools > Chapter Numbering. As Regina states in her reply, you have >>>> not typed anything of your own invention. >> Look at my reply to Regina. My own invention is the word "Chapter" plus >> a single space in the Before field. > > When I said 'your own invention' I wasn't explicit enough. I didn't > take the 'Before' and 'After' fields' contents as 'your invention'. I > took them as fields already prescribed as adjuncts to the Chapter number > (the subject of the dialog box). I was instead wishing to refer to > material that the author would 'normally' write in the H1 heading at the > top of his new chapter. > > Here 'normally' is used, I admit, in reference to what I would do and > what I have seen in many other books, that is some sort of short > description of the order of one to five words. To this group of 'one to > five words', LO's chapter numbering would add the number plus the > contents of the 'Before' and 'After' fields either side of the number > and before your choice of short description. > > Example for a possible first chapter of a book : "1 - Introduction" > > where the 'Before' field has been left empty, the digit 1 is the number > automatically supplied, the 'After' field contains > <space>-<space><space> and 'Introduction' is my invention for the first > chapter description. > > This is what Regina meant when she said your headings have no content > and you should supply some text even if only a blank space. > > [Sorry, I cannot find your short one page example anymore - only the > longer "World's Most Amazing Book" file] > > As a check and demonstration, go to the page in your 'TOC test.odt' file > where the new chapter 2 starts and highlight the heading on the page by > clicking after the figure 2 and dragging to the beginning of the line. > You'll see that nothing is selected - you can't drag to the start of the > line. 'Chapter 2' is just the 'Before' and 'After' fields surrounding > the figure 2 and with no other content.I have unzipped both the origin > documents that brought this issue to my > >> attention and the simplified example I created, but I have been unable >> to find any issue with their internal structure. >> >> I am having some difficulty working out what you mean by adding space >> between the TOC and the (first line ?). Could I ask you to send me a >> copy of your example file off list please? > > As I said, I couldn't identify what was causing the lack of correct > display of the first chapter in your short example document. I assumed > that it was somehow connected with the proximity to the TOC but I didn't > exhaust the checking I just made my own example doc which I'll be > pleased to send you by PM. I'm not sure it's useful to spend much time > on it. And in any case, I didn't keep your file and the only one I can > find today is the Word's Most Amazing Book file. > > Best, > > Philip
Hi Philip, Thanks for coming back on this. There was only ever one "TOC test.odt" sample document, which had a title page "World's Most Amazing Book" and a few "New Chapter" styled pages. Thanks to Regina's explanation and your further clarification here, I now understand the situation. While it is IMO totally wrong to require the user to add ANYTHING to the outline style generated content to obtain a working TOC, that is the way it has been coded and we users just have to live with it. Best Regards Dave -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
