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Adding addl tabs to Table of Contents reference page

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From: Laura_Makarchuk
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:25
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I'm using FM 7.0, and I'm trying to format my TOC with tabs so that my autonumbered headings are aligned as follows:

1.1 Title of first section..................pg#
1.2 Title of second section.................pg#

My reference page entry:

<$paranumonly>(LEFT TAB MARK)<$paratext>(RIGHT TAB MARK)<$pagenum>

LEFT TAB is set at 0.5". RIGHT TAB is set at 6.75" with leaders.

When I update the TOC, I get:

1.1 Title of first section pg#
1.2 Title of second section pg#

That is, the section titles are properly aligned left, but the pg#s fall just a space after the titles rather than aligned right with leaders.

When I view the tab marks, they're where they should be. When I'm in the Body Page, I can manually hit the Tab key once to send the pg# to the far right where it belongs. But why isn't the right tab stop working properly from the reference page?

Just an FYI - I also have TOC reference entries for section headings WITHOUT autonumbering. Those do NOT include a LEFT TAB, and the RIGHT TAB (set exactly the same as above) works PERFECTLY.

I've searched all over the Internet and thru 2 FM manuals, and I cannot find any reference to this issue. I'm starting to think the reference file is not programmed to accept multiple tabs.
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