long titles in toc portrait orientation

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long titles in toc portrait orientation

Hi guys,

I apply a paragraph style to different titles for defining the content of the TOC.

When in portrait orientation and when the title occupy more than one line of text into the TOC, it looses the allignment.

Example:

2 Grundlagen 8

2.1 Brandschutz 9

2.2 Begriffe und Definitionen 10

2.3 Innerer Sicherheitsbereich 11

2.4 Gesetzliche Grundlagen 13

2.4.1 Allgemeine gesetzliche Grundlagen für den

Strafvollzug 14

Is there any way to deal with this without have to stop using ibooks author till is resolved?

I know we cannot customize the TOC in portrait orientation, but I can't believe nobody during the software development tested what happens when the titles are longer than one line of text

Thank you very much

iPad (4th gen) Wi-Fi + Cellular (MM), iOS 6.1

Posted on Feb 7, 2013 3:54 AM

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Answer 1

Fabini

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Feb 7, 2013 5:49 AM in response to Gach

Select (highlight) the TPC text & page numbers.

Select Show Rulers from the View menu.

Adjust the position of items, move page numbers to the right & titles to the left until everything fits.

- Fabini

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Gach Author

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Feb 7, 2013 12:07 PM in response to Fabini

Hi Fabini,

thanks a lot for the fast reply!

sorry but now I´m lost 🙂 ..what you mean exaclty with TPC?

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sb0117

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Feb 7, 2013 7:13 PM in response to Gach

He means TOC. It's a neat trick to fix alignment. You may also change the font size to make the headings fit.

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Gach Author

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Feb 7, 2013 11:52 PM in response to sb0117

Hi sb0117!

Thank you very much for your reply.

But It seems that in portrait mode I cannot select the TOC text or page numbers.

Is there any special trick for this?

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sb0117

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Feb 8, 2013 4:52 AM in response to Gach

Gach: Unfortunately, you can't modify the TOC is portrait mode.

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Answer 6

Feb 9, 2013 7:58 PM in response to Gach

I just got rid of the page numbering in the TOC --since TOC titles are hyperlinks, I figured nobody would need the page numbers anyway. That eliminates the layout problem.

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Gach Author

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Feb 10, 2013 11:43 PM in response to IgnacioAzpiazu

Thanks Ignacio,

I'm agree with you, but there're some projects in which the client wants to have their page numbers into the TOC.

I hope apple can resolve this issue soon. It should work anyway also with page numbers

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Gach Author

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Feb 11, 2013 1:57 AM in response to Gach

Conclusion: ibooks author is not ready to be used professionally.

The TOC on portrait orientation cannot be customized, so if you have long titles and you want to include page numbers you end up with a totally unalignement TOC.

The TOC on landscape orientation takes just the section titles:

1. So we cannot have more than one title per section, otherwise ibooks author skip it.

2. We cannot add paragprah styles as TOC items like in portrait orientation. So We cannot link the TOC to the book's content.

What is the sense of all this?

So we end up trying to adapt the projekt to the mistakes done by apple during the development process. Spending more time on researching and writing coments than doing the book.

We need a customizable TOC, including paragraph styles in both orientations

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