I am working on a manual, probably about 300 pages when finished.
For chapter and sub chapter headings I am using paragraph styles with numbering like:
2.0 What’s in the Box. . . . 6
2.1 Device 1. . . . 6
2.2 Device 2. . . . 7
2.3 Features . . . . 8
3.0 Installation. . 10
3.1 Important. . . . 10
3.2 Connecting your device. . . . . 11
3.2.1 Audio connections . . 12
3.3 Powering on your device
For the running headers I created three variables, one for each level and concatenate them in the running header so I have all the info. For example, the section 3.2.1 running header is:
Installation – Connecting your device – Audio Connections
This all works fine and if I convert styles to text just before exporting, I can have the numbers added to the running header – Not sure yet if its a good idea or not but options are handy to have.
Anyway, the problem comes in later sections, the previous header info is carrying over so for example, the section 3.3 header is:
Installation – Powering on your device – Audio Connections
While it should just be:
Installation – Powering on your device
Initially I changed the running header to “last on page” which did help but in the long run, did not solve the problem.
Then I started adding dummy sections with just a dash character. That kind of works as the running header displays a dash or two instead of irrelevant past sections but its messy and makes the ToC rather odd.
Can I get there from here?
Am I doing this wrong?
Will Power Headers from in-tools solve the problem?
Thanks, DP
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