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Subject:Re: FM: Master Page title in ToC From:"Aoidin Scully" <aoidin -dot- scully -at- ireland -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 03 Oct 2005 14:38:24 +0000
Thanks to everyone who replied. I've taken the Chapter Titles out of each document, and placed them in the body.
Thanks again,
Aoidin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Swallow" <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "Aoidin Scully" <aoidin -dot- scully -at- ireland -dot- com>
Subject: Re: FM: Master Page title in ToC
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 08:43:42 -0400
>
> You can only create links to body page content, not master or
> reference page content. Master pages are reserved as you rpage
> templates, and reference pages are reserved more for style and
> structure. You will need to move your chapter titles to the body
> pages. If the TOC previously worked, it's likely you have some kind of
> marker or white text in the body pages that the TOC is getting its
> info from. I recommend against this... white text is, IMO, a cheap
> cop-out and can be found and laughed at easily (and actually does
> print in some cases). Markers by themselves can be accidentally
> deleted or moved.
>
> On 10/3/05, Aoidin Scully <aoidin -dot- scully -at- ireland -dot- com> wrote:
> >
> > I've just inherited a set of books that have been created (and
> > must be maintainted) in FM 5.5 + SGML.
> >
> > For each book, the Chapter Title of each document appears in the
> > Master Pages. When I generate a ToC for the book, the Chapter
> > Title doesn't appear. Is there any way of including titles from
> > the Master Pages in the ToC?
>
>
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