Table of Contents: Page Number

Question

I have two questions considering the Table of Contents (TOC) in the Peripherals:

1. How can I delete the Page Number on the header of the second page of TOC?

2. How can I set the Page Number in the TOC to be arabic numbers?

Answer 1

2. Could you clarify whether you want ALL digits in the publication to return to being "normal" Arabic numbers (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) or whether you only want the page numbers to show as Arabic numbers and everything else to remain in the script shown above?

1. Regarding the page numbers, there's a special code hiding in the Code Snippets which can turn OFF/ON the page numbers. 

It takes a bit of trial and error to work out exactly WHERE to place them in the Front matter, but it does work when you place them in the right place. Note that each \periph section starts a new page, and you may need to turn ON the page numbers (\dopagenums) just before the \periph as shown below:

Also note that the \resetpagenums can set the page number to whatever you want it to be; and a negative number sets it to Roman Numerals, so -1 above is effectively setting it to i (as in i, ii, iii, iv, etc,.)

Comments

Hi Mark,

Thanks for your fast reply.

Condsidering 1.  I have tried many options i.e. \nopagenums, but there is still a page number on the second page of TOC.

2.  Yes, I only want the page numbers to show as Arabic numbers (0,1,2...) not as Tibetan numbers (༠ ༡ ༢) and everything else to remain in the script shown above.

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1. Make sure the \dopagenums is part of the following \periph section:

2. This one is not at all obvious, as we only want to change/revert the digits in a particular cell/column while leaving everything else with Tibetan digits! It took some digging but should be easy to do (if you can read the rather pixelated image below!!!):

 

Note that if you have tables in your scripture text, then this change of style might need to be constrained. In other words, we would need to create/add a style called \cat:toc|tcr3 and then change the digits for that style. This basically says, only change the digits in the environment of the Table of Contents Category - leaving everything else unscathed. [I don't think it is an issue this time.]

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Now it works!

Many thanks for your support.

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Hi Mark,

I found that you have added a NT Separator in the Front Matter. Could you please show me how to do this? Because I also want to add OT & NT Separator pages.

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Try adding this to your FRTlocal file - and adapt as needed:
 

\periph Old Testament|id="intot"
\h OT
\zNeedOddPage
\zgap|2cm\*
\mt1 Old Testament
\pb

\periph New Testament|id="intnt"
\h NT
\zNeedOddPage
\zgap|2cm\*
\mt1 New Testament
\pb
\zEmptyPage
\zendperiph

And you may also need to check to see if this Advanced > Other setting is set to what you want (although with \zNeedOddPage already set, this may be redundant).