Generate - How The First Level Is Positioned

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:38:33 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: When generating a Table of Contents or Index, the location of the first level is positioned with an Indent and a Margin Release. These two codes cancel each other out, causing the list to start at the left margin (as is expected). If a user changes the default tabs from every .5", or if there is not a tab set at the left margin, the indent code may not work as expected, causing the first level to align at some point other than the left margin (possibly the printer's minimum margins). In some cases the Indent and Margin Release codes can cause the text to shift to the left so that the first few characters of the line are off the screen. Pressing the right arrow key a few times on that line will move the text back to the right. One customer was not able to see the first level on the editing screen after generating a Table of Contents. Also, when the document printed, the dot leaders printed over the top of the last few characters of the first level. Inserting a tab at the left margin corrected the problem for this user. Another customer had a document with newspaper columns and an index. After generating and printing, the customer noted the right column overprinted the left column. The customer had inserted a Tab Set code for only two tab settings, which occur after the left margin. The right column is moving ahead two tab stops (because of the indent codes), and then moves back two tab stops (because of the margin release codes). This places the right column entries back into the left column, and causes the overprinting. The solution for this is to modify the default tab stops, rather than to eliminate them entirely.

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