align column of numbers

[Lindsay_Holland]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel I must make a manual table of contents with: 1) the Chapter names left-justified, 2) the sub-chapter names indented one tab-stop, 3) dotted lines btw. the Chapter (and sub-chapter) names, and 4) the page #s on the right, and I'd like to right-justify the page #s. From my reading it appears that maybe one would use Tables to do this, but I have not been able to make it happen.

Thank you,
Lindsay Holland
858-243-2720

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Lindsay:

No, you do it with tab settings and styles.

Study the settings for the style TOC 1 through TOC 9: they are set up to do
exactly this (although: you get to decide how big a "tab stop" is ‹ the
styles have an indent and two tab stops configured, you just have to move
them).

But I would walk a mile over red-hot broken glass to avoid making a *manual*
Table of Contents: do tell: what persuaded you that you needed to do this?

Cheers

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel I
must make a manual table of contents with: 1) the Chapter names
left-justified, 2) the sub-chapter names indented one tab-stop, 3) dotted
lines btw. the Chapter (and sub-chapter) names, and 4) the page #s on the
right, and I'd like to right-justify the page #s. From my reading it appears
that maybe one would use Tables to do this, but I have not been able to make
it happen.

Thank you,
Lindsay Holland
858-243-2720

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[Lindsay_Holland]

Hi Lindsay:

>
> No, you do it with tab settings and styles.
>
> Study the settings for the style TOC 1 through TOC 9: they are set up to do
> exactly this (although: you get to decide how big a "tab stop" is � the
> styles have an indent and two tab stops configured, you just have to move
> them).
>
> But I would walk a mile over red-hot broken glass to avoid making a *manual*
> Table of Contents: do tell: what persuaded you that you needed to do this?
>
> Cheers
>
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I must do a manual TOC because of the university's dissertation requirements that the "front matter" must be paginated in one idiosyncratic manner that, despite my best efforts, is incompatible w/ the very different pagination strictures for the main text. Thanks for your input.

 

[John McGhie]

In which case, I would generate a normal "Automatic" TOC, then use Command +
Shift + F9 to convert it to ordinary text, then paginate that.

It will save you most of the work Manual TOCs are a PITA. Use an
automatic one, then convert to text just before you submit.

If you tell me what their pagination requirements are, I can probably tell
you how to make the Automatic TOC do that, so you do not have to bother
converting it

Cheers

I must do a manual TOC because of the university's dissertation requirements
that the "front matter" must be paginated in one idiosyncratic manner that,
despite my best efforts, is incompatible w/ the very different pagination
strictures for the main text. Thanks for your input.

This email is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless you intend to pay!