Edward,
It is a quirk of FrameMaker TOC files that if the lines on the Reference page for the TOC end with:
…<$paratext> tab <$pagenum>
Then lines in the TOC that fit on a single line are ok, but lines that are too long to fit on a single line have the page number at the end of the heading text rather than on the right as per your example. To fix this, change each of the lines to end:
…<$paratext> tab tab tab <$pagenum>
In other words, add two extra tab characters between <$paratext> and <$pagenum> to make three in total.
Having done this, the TOC reference page should look like the extract below:
If I was editing this document for publication, there is one further change that I would make to prevent the end of the first line of heading text overlapping the region used for the page numbers. (In the example from 802.11 REVmf that you included, the “MCS” at the end of the first line of the heading for 35.11.3 does this):
The way to fix this is: in paragraph designer, for each of the TOC paragraph types in turn (H1,1stLevelHeadTOC to H4,1.1.1.1TOC and for AN,AnnexTOC and AI,AnnexTOC to AH3,A.1.1.1TOC) on the Advanced tab, change both the minimum and maximum word spacing to 200%, then Update Style:
This changes the line in question to:
I have attached a modified version of the TOC file that you sent with both of these changes made.
There is one other aspect to TOC formatting that I forgot to mention. The paragraph formats for the TOC file that you sent have the “Widow/Orphan lines” set to “1”. This means that a heading that needs two or more lines in the TOC can split across two pages, which is best avoided. Consequently, I usually set the “Widow/Orphan lines” to at least “2” for each of the TOC paragraph formats. I have done this for the updated file attached.
Regards,
Pete Anslow
From: Michelle Turner
Sent: 06 October 2025 18:50
To: Edward Au <edward.ks.au@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: berger.catherine; Huang, Po-kai ; Christy Bahn ; PeteAnslow
Subject: Re: A quick question: wrapped-up page number location in Contents/LOT/LOF
Pete,
Here is the Frame file I forgot to include. Any advice would be much appreciated.
On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM Michelle Turner wrote:
Hi Edward,
Actually I don't believe there is nothing you did incorrectly, the TOC can be tricky in FrameMaker (well at least I've known that to be my experience), I often spend some time manually adjusting the breaks and tables for the TOC. I often wonder if it is just as simple as setting something in tabs, however I haven't quite figured it out yet. I am cc'ing Pete Anslow on this email, he is "guru" in frame. He may be able to help us. :-).
On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM Edward Au <edward.ks.au@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear Catherine, Michelle,
Hope all is well and, once again, sorry to bother you despite your busy schedule.
When we rolled in Std 802.11be-2024 into 802.11 REVmf, we found that the page numbers were not displayed correct with an example as shown below:
when compared with Std 802.11be-2024 that you edited it properly:
Enclosed please find the framemaker page we used so far. May I know if you can kindly advise what we have done not properly?
Thanks and Regards,
Edward
