Condition tags in TOC causing numbering problem

[louise]

Hi all,

I'm single sourcing two PDF documents from the one Flare project. These two documents share a TOC. Everything in the TOC should appear in document 1, while not all topics should appear in document 2. As a result, I condition tagged certain topics in the TOC not to appear in document 2. This seems to be causing a problem with my numbering - when I generate the PDF output for document 2, the numbering on my H2 headers starts at 1.4. I condition tagged 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 not to appear in document 2, but the numbering doesn't seem pick up on this.

I've messed around with Printed Output and Auto-numbers in the Properties but had no luck. Here is what the current settings look like:

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Any help on the matter would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards,

Louise

[Rene Severens]

Hi,

This information is to less to figure out what is causing the problem.

I am working with a project that only generates PDF output, with multiple targets using multiple and shared TOCs.
To keep the heading numbering correct, I use the next technique (if you can call it that):

In the used stylesheet, define the headings. Use a global number format like this:
h1 {
..... // left out some
mc-auto-number-offset: 32mm;
mc-auto-number-position: outside-head;
mc-auto-number-format: 'GH:{n+} ';
}
h1 {
..... // left out some
mc-auto-number-offset: 32mm;
mc-auto-number-position: outside-head;
mc-auto-number-format: 'GH:{n}.{n+} ';
page-break-after: avoid;
}
h3 {
..... // left out some
mc-auto-number-offset: 32mm;
mc-auto-number-position: outside-head;
mc-auto-number-format: 'GH:{n}.{n}.{n+} ';
page-break-after: avoid;
mc-heading-level: 0; //note: this heading should not show up in the table of contents //
}

On the Target - tab Advanced - Generated TOC: Check Use TOC depth for heading levels

In the TOC each topic is positioned at that level, the heading should be used, so
a topic that starts a chapter and should get a heading1 is positioned in the root.
a topic that is inside this chapter and should get a heading2 is positioned inside the above topic (so the first chapter topic now is shown as a book inside the TOC)
a topic that is inside this chapter and should get a heading3 is positioned inside the above topic (so the second topic is shown as a book inside a book inside the TOC)
etc.
topics at the same level inside a "book" will get the same heading level.

ONLY for each topic (can be a book or a topic inside the TOC) at the root level, THAT STARTS A NEW CHAPTER (so showing heading1)
Right-click this topic and set the properties for Printer output as follows:
-Break type: Chapter break
-page number: Increment number
- section break: clear this option (it is not used for PDF output anyway but this way I avoid any interference that might be caused by this option checked)
On tab Autonumbers:
- Chapter Number: select Increment number
- Volume number: Select Same as Previous (this option is not used anyway)
- Section number: select Increment number
==> For all these sections: at Reset to: clear these fields.

FOR ANY OTHER topic (topic or book in the TOC) - NOT AT ROOT level: No properties should be changed for printed output;
-> Select Break Type = None. (all other sections will be read only)

Each topic that is positioned inside the TOC should be written all using a heading1 for title. The position inside the TOC will take care of replacing the correct heading level, so you don't need to worry anymore about what headinglevel to use inside a topic. Even if using the same topic inside 2 different TOC's at a different level, the positioning inside the TOC will take care of replacing the H1 used in the topic by the correct Hx level that must be shown.

To not show a topic used in a TOC, you now can right-click that topic inside the TOC and use a condition to exclude this topic form the output. If excluded the topic that is shown as a book inside the TOC, all topics inside that book will be excluded also.

The TOC (adjusted for copyright reasons) looks like this:

TOC extract.PNG

I hope this is somehow helpful to you.

Greetings,

Rene Severens