Aligning chapter numbers in table of contents

Hello,
In tables of contents, Pages doesn't align the chapter numbers correctly. I get this (left alignment) :
8.
9.
10.
and I need this (alignment on decimal point) :
8.
9.
10.
Do you know how to do it ? Thanks in advance.
Cheers, Pierre
Mavericks 10.9.1, Pages 4.3

If that is the beginning of the line you will have a problem as you need to use an inset decimal or right hand tab and precede the text with a Tab.
You may have to export the T.O.C. as text, bring it back in and format it manually.
Peter

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I have applied the <$chapnum> and <n+> building blocks to the paragraph styles used in my TOC, but instead of displaying the correct chapter numbers, every chapter section starts with "1".
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