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Formatting the TOC Page

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Customizing Special Pages

Related Settings

Layout, Contents Page Options, Numbering and Page Breaks, Output Options (PDF)

To customize the TOC in HTML

You can:

Show the contents page on the left side of the screen using frames in WebHelp. For more information about frames, see Layout.
Create the TOC by using JavaScript and DHTML so that the user can expand TOC levels and the TOC synchronizes with the current topic.
Determine how many levels you want to expand when the page is opened on the Files & FormatOutput OptionsContents Page page.
Determine how many levels you want to include in the TOC on the Files & FormatOutput OptionsContents Page page.
Format the TOC as table. Set table options on the Files & FormatOutput OptionsContents Page page.
Omit headers and footers on the contents page.
Add a brief description of the table of contents to the Special Topic !!CONTENTS. The text is shown one line below the title.
Apply character and paragraph styles to the table of contents using these Formatting Elements:

Formatting Element	Meaning
Content Body	Sets the position of the whole content of the contents page, except headers footers and the title.
Content Title	Formats the topic title of the contents page.
Content Level	Sets the indentation of topic levels on the contents page.
Content Folder	Formats contents entries on the contents page.
Content Topic	Formats topics on the contents page.
Content Group	Formats group topics on the contents page.
Content Folder, Group, Topic (hovering, link, visited link)	Additional elements for entries on the contents page. Use the Link and Visited Link element to apply character formatting to entries. Use hovering to set borders and background colors to highlight entries when the user points to them.
Content Table	Formats the contents page when you use the table mode.
Content Table Heading	Formats the table heading of the contents page when you use the table mode.
Content Table Cell	Formats cells of the table when you use the table mode.
Special Topic Text (same for all special topics)	Formats text that is added to the contents page in the special topic !!CONTENTS.

You can change character and paragraph styles of other Formatting Elements of the contents page (page content body, file body, header and footer) by changing the Formatting Elements of each page.

To customize the TOC in the PDF Document

You can:

Set the level of topics that expand in the TOC and in the bookmarks on the Files & FormatOutput Options page.
Align page numbers on the right, on the Files & FormatOutput Options page.
Show chapter numbers in your TOC on the Files & FormatPage LayoutNumbering & Breaks page.
Apply character and paragraph styles to the table of contents using these Formatting Elements:

Formatting Element	Meaning
Content Page Title	Formats the title of the contents page
Table of Content Entry 1-12	Formats headings in the table of contents.

PDF settings apply to: Doc-O-Matic Professional and Doc-O-Matic for Authoring