RE: Is there a way to force the table of contents to an even page? (UNCLASSIFIED)

[James, Edward Mr DTSW/TCS]

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Al,

I had forgotten to mention that the index is my "TOC."
If you substitute "index" for "TOC" in my original email, it does make
more sense.

I want:
TOC
A - M
N - Z

and lout produces:
A - M
N - Z
index

Then I move index to TOC by perl script.

Ed 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden 
> [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of 
> Albert Kinderman
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 9:21 PM
> To: Lout Users
> Subject: Fwd: Is there a way to force the table of contents 
> to an even page?
> 
> 
> I believe he is calling the index the TOC.  This is why the "TOC"  
> appears at the end.
> 
> My guess is that he doesn't want his phone book to have
> 
> TOC
> 
> 1. A - M
> 2. N - Z
> 
> but wants an index
> 
> Albertson, Fred
> Azouri, Tarik
> etc.
> 
> but wants the index to appear in the front with references to the  
> pages on which the full entries appear.
> 
> 
> Al
> 
> >
> > On Jun 7, 2007, at 4:28 PM, Jeff Kingston wrote:
> >
> >>> (1) Yes. Is what I want better explained now?
> >>
> >> Thanks, I see it all now.  We really started the discussion in the
> >> middle before, but we are back to where we should be now.
> >>
> >>> (2) I will test using this. Will the TOC still come out 
> at the back?
> >>
> >> If, when you say TOC, you mean a table of contents that Lout  
> >> generates
> >> automatically based on the chapters and sections of the document,  
> >> then
> >> it should never come out at the back.  It should come out 
> as part of
> >> the prefatory material, and be followed by the first page of  
> >> Chapter 1.
> >> So something is wrong somewhere; it almost sounds as though the  
> >> TOC is
> >> being generated manually, not by Lout, but I would need to see a  
> >> cut-down
> >> version of what is being fed into Lout to take this further.
> >>
> >>> (3) I don't think I am tied to "book."  If possible could you  
> >>> send me
> >>> a sample of your lout code and changes to setup file(s)?
> >>
> >> It's hard for me to be sure whether you are making a book or a  
> >> report.
> >> We've already identified one mismatch with book: the unwanted title
> >> page that can't be got rid of, unless there is an option for that.
> >> There are options for fiddling with the prefatory matter 
> but whether
> >> they would allow you to get rid of the title page 
> altogether I am not
> >> sure.  There may be different mismatches if you use report.  For  
> >> example,
> >> sections (including the TOC) are usually separated by 
> section breaks,
> >> not page breaks, in a report, although there is an option for that.
> >> Only you have the time and interest to work out which is best.
> >>
> >> If you do switch to a report, you don't need sample code from me.
> >> Just follow the instructions in Section 4.1 of the User's Guide.
> >> You'll need to set an option to say that you don't want a separate
> >> cover sheet (the Report equivalent of a separate title page), and
> >> that you do want a table of contents.  There are a lot of other
> >> options there in the setup file, that you can browse through.
> >>
> >> Jeff
> >
> 
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