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Started by aliceqiuwuyan
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:28
How to read the information in the reference page
Author: aliceqiuwuyan
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:28
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:28
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"<$paratext> <$pagenum> openObjectId <$relfilename>:<$ObjectType> <$ObjectId> Chapter <$chapnum>: <$paratext> <$paratext>.....................Front <$paratext>.....<$chapnum>-<$pagenum> <$paratext>.....<$chapnum>-<$pagenum> <$paratext>.....................Front <$paratext>.....<$chapnum>-<$pagenum> <$paratext>.....<$chapnum>-<$pagenum> <$paratext>.....<$chapnum>-<$pagenum>" The above is the information in the "TOC" reference page. I don't understand the "Front" part. The paragraph tag of this part is H1_FrontCoverTOC. There is one chapter named Front Cover in my book file, but there is no paragraph tag named H1_FrontCoverTOC in any of the files in the book.
Re: How to read the information in the reference page
Author: Thomas_Michanek
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:47
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:47
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Except for the openObjectId line, all entries correspond to a paragraph tag that at some time has been specified to be included when the TOC is generated. An entry with the tag "ChapterTOC" describes how to format the TOC for the paragraph tag "Chapter". That is, FM adds "TOC" at the end of the tagname in the TOC to separate it from the tagname used in the chapter files. The TOC reference page may very well contain entries for tags that no longer are used in the files. As far as I know, FM doesn't delete entries on this page, it just adds new ones. So, my guess is that some of your files at some time has contained tags named "H1_FrontCover" (without "TOC"). If they don't any longer, and "H1_FrontCover" is not included in the list of tags to generate the TOC for, you can safely delete that entry. Regarding "Front", that seems to be a manually added text that will not serve any purpose. Is it normal text? Only "building blocks" named "<$something>" will be interpreted by FM and replaced by whatever the "something" code stands for (see the manual). -- /Thomas Michanek
Re: How to read the information in the reference page
Author: Van_Kurtz
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:50
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:50
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To expand on Thomas' post, I am guessing that the person who added the lines containing "Front" meant for tags corresponding to those lines to show up in the TOC with a "page number" called "Front". That is, maybe at one time there was a section BEFORE the TOC named Front and the author wanted its paragraphs to be listed in the TOC but NOT by page number but by specifying Front. Van
Re: How to read the information in the reference page
Author: aliceqiuwuyan
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:02
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:02
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Thomas, "Front" is normal text. I have checked and found that nothing (cross-reference, variable and conditional text) is related with it. Actually, in front of the TOC, there is actually a chapter named Front Cover, but I don't think it has something to do with the page number, so I cannot understand what you wrote, Van. :(
Re: How to read the information in the reference page
Author: Van_Kurtz
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:51
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:51
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Van, All I am saying is that maybe the author wanted to say that the items listed in the TOC are on/in the front cover, or at least some place called or named Front. This place called Front did not have a page number, but the author wanted the reference included in the TOC. To do that, the author had to use the text "Front", instead of a reference to a page number, because there is no page number to reference. As I think I said before, this is just a guess. I have no way of knowing what the original author wanted. But there is nothing magical in those lines in the reference page; they are just the way they are. Path forward: If lines with the word "Front" do not show up in the TOC, then there is nothing to worry about. If they DO show up in the TOC, decide whether you want them there or not. If not, remove them from the TOC setup. If they need to be there, then decide how you want them to look and edit the lines in the reference page correspondingly. If this is still unclear, please post again. Van
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