I’m trying to make a table contents for a book. I’m having a some formatting problems that I don’t understand how to fix.
I am using Quark 8.5, Windows 7, 64 bit.
In the table of contents, I would like to have:
Section (dot leader and page numbers flush with right column boundary
Chapter
subhead1
subhead2 (dot leader and page numbers flush with right column margin boundary)
I have a TOC chapter. It is a two column layout, as are the other chapters in the book. I created it by copying and renaming the master page. It has no tabs set (at least they don’t show on the ruler)
creating the list in the Window > list pane seems to work.
Here are the problems with the formatting
1. I’d like to have the page number print flush with the right column margin. I have 4 style sheets for each TOC level. In the style sheet referenced in the Lists menu (set up pane), I reference a paragraph style sheet that has a style sheet with a right tab set at 2.75 inches.
2. I have a different paragraph style sheet for the subhead 2, which is level 4 in the List menu. It also, on the ‘tab’ selection window, has a right tab set for 2.75 inches.
I don’t see any difference between the two paragraph style sheets, except that the font is different. The tabs settings are not different on the menu pane.
I edit the style sheets in the book’s master page. I save edits in the style sheet menu, and save the master file before closing. With all files closed, and in the book file pane, I synchronize all chapters, then update the list, reopen the TOC file, and build the list.
Page numbers for level 1 are on the column margin. It looks just like the right tab is on the the column margin, and the number is to the left of the column margin. It’s what I want it to look like. As numbers get more places (ie from page 1 to page 15 to page 150), the numbers built to the left, but stay flush with the right column margin.
The right tab setting, however, is at 2.75 inches, not 3 inches, which is the measurement for the right column margin.
For level 4, the numbers do seem to have the units digit at 2.75 inches. But the numbers build to the right. This means there’s a big space between Page 1 entry. By page 150 entry, it’s almost flush with the right column margin.
Just to see what’s happening here, I’ve changed both the tab settings from 3 to 2.75 inches in both of the style sheets, and I’ve changed the tab type from right tab to left tab. When I do this, the changes are not reflected in the TOC list.
Just to make things more confusing, when I place the cursor on a each TOC level line, and then check formatting,
Style > format > Tab , it shows the ruler on top of the column, with the tab mark set where the style sheet set it, but the page numbers are in two different positions. Because of this, I have no idea what to do to make the numbers go where I want them to go.
So just to be sure about definitions: If I use ‘right tab’ I think that mans characters build to the left from the tab. In a left tab, they build to the right. Is that correct? The right tab is indicated by a down pointing arrow with the horizontal tail pointing to the right.
Problem # 2
I have 4 levels. They are numbered in the list pane as 1 through 4. But they not in the order I want them to print in the TOC. They are printing in the order they appear in the list, not corresponding to the level number I assign in the menu. Third party manuals say it is the level number, not the order in the TOC pane’s list that’s important. Is this actually true, or must I order the levels in the Lists pane in the order I want them to print in the TOC?
Problem #3.
There are unexplained line breaks in the TOC list that do not correspond to the print on the book pages.
Let’s say I have a 3 word title, with the words X Y Z, all on one centered line in the page layout.. When the character style was set, I had all 3 words highlighted simultaneously. (And to try to correct this, I’ve returned to offending playces in the page layout. I first assign ‘no style’ from the character style list; then I reassign the style I intend.)
Regardless, when it prints in the TOC page layout it looks like this, separated on two lines:
XY
Z
In another case, I use the ampersand in the title, and get the following
X Y & X (in layout)
X Y &
Z (in TOC)
Is there a way I can see what else is hiding behind layout text? Occurrence is not consistent, it just happens at random. I do understand that if I use a ‘hard enter’ from the keyboard to break a line, it will also make a break in the TOC list. But in the offending cases, there isn’t a break in the line in the page layout, and I don’t see anything else in the layout (an invisible character other than a space) that should cause the break. There is plenty of space in the TOC to accommodate all three words on the same line.
Can anyone, please, explain why these strange effects are occuring?
Thanks
Roy
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