TechNote

Entries in a FrameMaker Table of Contents Are Unexpectedly Bulleted or Autonumbered

Issue

Entries in a table of contents (*.toc) in Adobe FrameMaker 5.x or 6.0 are bulleted or autonumbered although the paragraph formats they use don't have an autonumber format.

Solutions

Do one or more of the following:

Solution 1

Don't use the same paragraph format for both autonumbered and non-autonumbered paragraphs.

Solution 2

Don't use the <$paranum> or <$paranumonly> building block on the specification lines of the non-autonumbered paragraph tags.

Additional Information

Two scenarios can cause entries in a table of contents to be unexpectedly bulleted or autonumbered:

-- In several files in a book, the autonumber format is inconsistent for the same paragraph tag: In some files, the paragraph tag has an autonumber format that is applied to text and stored in the paragraph catalog. In other files, this same paragraph tag doesn't have an autonumber format and the formats are stored in the catalog.

-- On the reference page of the table of contents, you added the <$paranum> or <$paranumonly> building block to the specification line of a paragraph tag that doesn't have an autonumber format. If the table of contents entry for this paragraph is listed after an autonumbered entry, it inherits the autonumber format from that paragraph.