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Bug in TOC

May 9, 2012 5:34 AM

Tags: #toc #indesign

When it is inserted a tab between page number and item generating TOC (not the default between item and page number, that works fine) the result is the loss of the tab and the messing of both elements as shown here.
(Mac, CS 5.5 / v.7.5.3)

Screen Shot 2012-05-09 at 5.03.27 AM.png

470 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: camilo umaña, May 9, 2012 9:53 AM
 
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  • Peter Spier
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    1. Peter Spier,
    May 9, 2012 5:39 AM   in reply to camilo umaña
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    Does the style you applied to the TOC listings have a tab stop defined? You need to do that.

     
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    2. camilo umaña,
    May 9, 2012 6:41 AM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    In the last example a real tab was checked.

     

    Screen Shot 2012-05-09 at 8.35.19 AM.png

     
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    3. Peter Spier,
    May 9, 2012 7:28 AM   in reply to camilo umaña
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    You've told InDesign to insert a tab when it creates the listing. That's NOT the same thing as defining the type and position of the tab in the paragraph style definition. That said, in my testing failure to define the tab stop results in ID using the default tab stop at .5 inch. The only way I was able to create a collision such as you've pictured was to use a center-, right- or decimal-aligned tab instead of a left-aligned tab in the definition, or to set my left-aligned tab too close to the numbers.

     
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    4. camilo umaña,
    May 9, 2012 9:49 AM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    YES!!!!!!!!

    Something wrong was happening here because the TOC sometimes mixed items an numbers but it depends on your advice (type and position).

     

    It seems is not a bug at all when the results are those shown in the picture.

     

    Perhaps a limitation is that any update to TOC will require to insert the tab before the page number.

     

    Thank you, very good information as always!

     
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    5. camilo umaña,
    May 9, 2012 9:53 AM   in reply to camilo umaña
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    And in the end:

     

    I wrongly declared a bug. As mr Spier showed this was a false thread. I apologize.

     
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