TOC page numbers

How do we get the TOC page numbers to alternate from the left to right sides of our book pages? Right now, we can only get it to show up on the left sides of the pages.

Yes. We have the pagination set to double-sided, but the page numbers only display on the right side of a spread.
We edited the footers of the master pages and now the page numbers are displayed correctly. Thank you to everyone for all your help!

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How to Auto Update non-TOC Page Numbers within a document (ie, 550pp)

Friends. Within a large Pages document that is dynamically changing, along with the total number of pages, the TOC (ie, Table of Contents) can be easily updated.
However, I want to point to specific content, and therefore the correct page number for the content, within the document and have that pointer (ie, a page number) *update automatically as the page numbers change*.
I need to repeat this about two dozen times for different references to make a 550 page document more reader-friendly by making it easier for readers to find the exact source or reference elsewhere in a document.
How do I do that within Pages '08 ?

Hello
I'm not aware of such a feature.
If the document is designed to be read on a computer, you may use links.
Clicking on a link will bring you to the linked area.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mardi 11 mars 2008 10:15:17)

TOC page numbering

I have some sections that are 3 pages long with a section heading at the top of each page. My TOC page, however, has three listings for that one section.
for example:
Histroy 9
FAQ 10
FAQ 11
FAQ 12
Is it possible to have it read
History 9
FAQ 10-12
Pages 10-12 do not contain any Section Breaks, only page breaks
Message was edited by: gnajarro

As far as I know, the response is no.
_Go to "Provide Pages Feedback" in the "Pages" menu_, describe what you wish.
Then, cross your fingers, and wait _at least_ for iWork'09
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mercredi 16 juillet 2008 20:59:04)

Page numbers displayed incorrectly in TOC in new Pages - does anybody know how to fix this?

I'm working on a multi-section document with a single TOC for two sections. Section one uses lowercase roman numerals (i, ii,...) and section two arabic numerals (1, 2, ...). The page numbers are displayed correctly on the pages themselves, but in the TOC the first two headings from section two (pages 1 und 3) are displayed as "i" and "iii". This only started after the update to pages 5, everything was fine before that. Does anybody know how to fix this? I already tried deleting the TOC and inserting a new one and changing the numbers to uppercase letters and back, to no avail.
thanks for any input

Go back to Pages '09 inside the iWork Folder inside Applications.
There are so many problems with Pages 5 it is difficult to know where to begin.
Peter

How do I put page numbers in TOC to left of sections?

This is how the actual Pages manual does its toc, yet within the manual, the page numbers always appear to the right of the text. I thought this format might solve another toc layout problem I have. I'm cleaning up a book of poems written by a friend. Every poem has a number (and is on a new page) but only a few of the poems have a title. This means that if I tab between number and title, where this exists, the entry goes off the line, see number X (not my choice to use Roman numerals!):
So, I thought if the page numbers were to the left, I could format the style so where there was a title (like Au suivant) this could be properly aligned.

fruhulda was amazingly helpful, worked beyond the call of duty on my document, and provided me with the essential idea , that I needed two styles for the poem heading line, one when there was just a number and the other when there was a number and title.
I still wouldnt mind knowing for the future how one can put the page numbers to the left in the TOC.
And for the record, dont do what I have just done: workin Pages (as I dont have word), and then export and send to the friend using Word. I have discovered the hard way that my Page styles did not export to Word!

Page numbers in Word TOC not correct; have to open doc and update

I'm using RoboHelp HTML 9 and Word 2010.
I generate a Word doc (.docx) as one of my outputs. The Word TOC works -- that is, if I Ctrl-Click one of the items in the TOC, I'm taken to that item.
A user just came up to me asking why the page numbers are off. Here's what I see.
I use SSL to generate the Word doc.
In the TOC, I look for the topic "Setting Up Comments." It's listed as being on page 30.
I Ctrl-Click that TOC item and it takes me to the topic, but when I look at the footer, it says this is page 28.
If I go back to the TOC, right-click, and choose "Update page numbers only", Word updates the TOC, which now shows the correct page number, page 28.
In other words, generating my printed doc is now a multi-step process:
Use SSL to generate the Word doc.
Open the Word doc and update the TOC.
Save the Word doc.
Shouldn't the TOC be right the first time around? Am I forgetting to do something?

Your example was not the best, many chapters have such a topic. However, I am seeing issues there.
In another project I am finding the page numbers correct so I will need to do some more digging.
Meantime, given the problem can be recreated using the sample, you should report it as a bug.
Please follow this link.
http://www.Adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&product=38
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips
@petergrainge

, Page Numbering/TOC in InDesign CS5

Hi, I am using InDesign CS5 and need some help showing the page numbers for a section that will be added after printing.
I have almost completed a low volume 400+ page book (60 copies) and need some special numbering.
I am using 8 & 16pp signatures in this book. The first section is: Front Matter, the second section is for Front Text, the Center Section is a color photo album with 40pp (2-16pp & 1-8pp signatures), and the fourth section is Back Text.
The Center Section will be printed on a color printer and hand inserted at the binders. I have no problem with the numbering of all the sections, but I would like to have the center section to be included in the Table of Contents of the book. I could update the TOC manually but as I move things around that would be a lot of work and I might have errors later. I hope that I made this question clear enough. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I would add the pages for the color section and any headings you want to include in the TOC, and simply not include it in the PDF you send to the the monochrome printer, and include only that section in a PDF for the color printer.

Generated RTF TOC displaying 0 for page numbers

Hi,
I have an issue where I created a table of contents using Styles in Microsoft Word in my .rtf template. This is how it is displayed in the template and how I wish to display it in the generated .rtf:
Section 2.3 : Section 2.3 Test...................48
Section 2.3.1: Section 2.3.1 Test.............48
Section 2.3.2: Section 2.3.2 Test.............48
Section 2.3.3: Section 2.3.3 Test.............49
Section 2.3.4: Section 2.3.4 Test.............50
Section 2.3.5: Section 2.3.5 Test.............50
When I go to generate the .rtf, the page numbers all turn to '0'. The hyperlink works correctly but the page numbers are not displaying the correct numbers. If I generate in a .pdf format, the numbers appear correctly. Unfortunately I need this to be in .rtf format. Anyone have any ideas? I cannot find anything on this issue.
Generated in .rtf:
Section 2.3 : Section 2.3 Test...................0
Section 2.3.1: Section 2.3.1 Test.............0
Section 2.3.2: Section 2.3.2 Test.............0
Section 2.3.3: Section 2.3.3 Test.............0
Section 2.3.4: Section 2.3.4 Test.............0
Section 2.3.5: Section 2.3.5 Test.............0
Thanks.

Its identified as a word issue.
You need to manually update the TOC in generated RTF to refresh page numbers.
Check the note 'Table Of Contents Page Numbering In RTF Output Is Incorrect (Doc ID 473505.1)'

Updating page numbers only in TOC

Hi,
I am using IDCS3. I was wondering if there was a way to update just the page #'s in the TOC.
I looked, but all I can find is "Update Table of Contents" in the Layout menu, which updates the text and page numbers.
Thanks,
Cathy

I have a lot of lengthy user manuals that sometimes have symbols/graphics in the headings, which come in too big for the TOC (visually just doesn't look good) and then I have to manually reduce them just a bit.
Also sometimes the length of the text in the heading goes beyond one line (Yes, I know that sounds strange, but our manuals are only 5.5 x 8.5 or smaller, not 8 1/2 x 11 which would give us more room) requiring a manual Return in the TOC. So, I have to then change the paragraph spacing from .05 to 0 so there's not an extra space between just those two lines.
Another thing is superscript registration marks. If you have a heading ending in a registration mark it makes the page # superscript too, so then I have to highlight the leaders and page # to unsuperscript it.
So, long story short, it would be nice to just have the page #'s updated (like Microsoft Word, which gives you the option of doing the whole table or just the #'s).
Thanks for the replys.

Getting chapter numbers to show up in the TOC with the page numbers...

First, thank you all very much for posting replies. This forum is wonderful.
I have a doc that needs to have the chapter numbers show up with the page numbers in the TOC.
I insert the <$chapnum> and <$currentpagenum> in the footer, and I get 1-1 to show up.
To include the 1-1 in the TOC, do I have to edit the Reference Page, or is there another way.
Thank you SO much for your help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you VERY much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Got it to work. However, my TOC will not update with the new building blocks.
Have played and played with it. Any suggestions?
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How do I update the TOC, after setting page numbers?

I have set page numbers to run from Chapter 1. Actually on Page 9. but the TOC shows Chapter 1 starting at Page 7, which is not correct anyway.
How do I cause the TOC to update? so the Chapter/Page numbers align ok.

You need to say which version you are taking about, they behave differenetly.
Peter

Right align page numbers that are to the left of TOC entries

I posted a similar question about a year ago that I believe Harbs or Peter answered, but darned if I can find the thread. At that time they provided a script that did a GREP search, finding a sentence that starts with a digit and replacing it with a tab. I still have the script, but for some reason it is not working correctly with my new TOC layout.It should insert a tab to the left of the page number (page numbers are to the left of the TOC entries), and force the numbers to right align so that a single digit page number right aligns with the right edge of a double-digit page number.
Find: ^(\d+)
Change to: \t$1
What happens in the new TOC is the script finds a digit and inserts a tab to the left of the page number. The page numbers move to the right, but they don't right align. They are further to the right, but they numbers themselves are still left aligned.
I'm mystified as to why the script doesn't work on this new layout. I'm using CS4 now, and it still works on the old layout. There is nothing terribly different about the new layout except that the column is much narrower, and there are several threaded colums in the TOC instead of one long column, and the chapter titles don't have page numbers (but all other entries do have page numbers.)

Peter,
Thanks for your reply. Between the page number and the entry is an en-space.
I started with these settings:
I then changed the left aligned tab to a right aligned tab:
But still no luck.

How do I show page numbers in my TOC as A-1, A-2 etc for my one Appendix

My manual has only one Appendix. I have my pages numbered as A-1, A-2, A-3 etc. (A for Appendix). I cannot figure out how to get A-1, A-2, A-3 etc. to show up in my table of contents without doing it manually. How do I set up my paragraph designer? The only way I can figure it out is by calling my title Appendix A. But since I won't have an appendix B, C etc., I want to name it simply Appendix. Any help would be appreciated

Arnis,
When I put A:Appendix <$chapnum> in the numbering dialog, my appendix title reads: Appendix 9 (Chapter 9 is the last chapter in my book).
Can you please tell me where I set the Chapter number building block value to Alphabetics. All of the pages in my chapters have the format chapternumber-pagenumber. Thanks, Sally

I can't get the page numbers in my table of contents to update when I update the book.

I'm using Framemaker 11 and I have two TOCs in my book: one in English and one in French. Each TOC links to different documents in the same book. The reference page for each TOC is set and correctly displays the heading 1 and 2 I've told it to display, but the numbers do not update when the content in my document files changes to a different page. I've checked the conditional text settings in my document files; they are correct. When I update the book, I choose to update Numbering, All Cross-References, All Text Insets, OLE Links, Generate Table of Contents, Lists, and Indexes. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

I just tested this out and saw the same result as Rick - a book with child books ignores all generated files within the child books. This applies to adding content from them (e.g. their titles) to actually including them in the output. This applies to all versions of FM since v.9!
However, there is a workaround for this. You need to use the hierarchical book structure in the parent book and create Folders for each book that you want to add. Then manually add the generated files (TOC, IX, List of..., etc.) and book to the respective folder. This is what it looks like for two child books in a parent book:
Note that the child book generated files (TOC, IOR) show as just regular files at this point in the parent book. To get the page numbering to be continuous throughout the parent book, you will need to make a couple of passes. First set folder, files and books to have the Numbering continue from the previous (if you want all sequential page numbers). This will set the page numbers correctly except for what they were in the respective book TOCs. You will need to use the starting page number of the child TOC files in each folder (it shows in the Book status bar when click on the TOC file in the master/parent book).
To set the individual book TOCs to be correct in the parent book, open the child book and set the TOC Numbering to start at the page stated in the parent book (status bar). Now update the child book to set the correct (parent book) page numbers in the child TOC. [This is a necessary manual step, as the page number assigned in the parent book is ignored when th child book is individually updated and FM uses 1 to start off the sequence in the child book.] Repeat for each child book in the master/parent book.
The final step is to Update the parent book and create the PDF. You should now have all of the files included in the PDF and the child TOCs should show the correct page numbers of the master book.
This whole process of books within books seems a bit borked and one shouldn't have to be jumping through hoops to include child generated files. Please report this as a bug via: https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm

Can Acrobat create a PDF using the same page numbers as FrameMaker?

I'm using FrameMaker 10 on Windows 7 and Acrobat Pro 9. I know I can set the page numbers after I create the PDF (Advanced > Document Processing > Page Numbering), but is there any way to tell Acrobat (or Distiller) to do this automatically based on the page format set up in FrameMaker? Right now, the cover and inside cover have no page numbers, but I could assign them numbers and hide them. The TOC is lower case Roman numerals, and the rest of the book uses Arabic page numbering. Someone has asked whether we can have the page numbers be reflected in the page field so that when you enter page 10, it takes you to page 10 of the book (where 10 appears in the corner of the page), not the tenth page of the PDF, which might land you in the TOC.
We produce PDFs as part of an automated system, which is why I can't mess with it after it's been produced.

There is a FrameMaker plug-in that can do this:
http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/pagelabeler/index.htm
Or, you might consider using PDFMark to add page labels.

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