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From: Karen Mardahl
Date: May 13, 2012 10:47AM

I want to add on to Ted Page's comment. Often, TOC problems are due to poor
writing and poor use of styles. I've seen entire paragraphs end up in the
TOC because someone didn't clean up their styles. I've also seen nightmares
in the PDF because the TOC was handmade. The authoring tools I know
(InDesign, Word, FrameMaker) have automated TOC generators. When these -
and styles - are used correctly, you minimize the problems in the final PDF.

Multi-line entries in a TOC are a mess in many ways. This means the author
has to rewrite the TOC and that is a benefit in many ways. We skim a TOC to
look for info on how to do this and that. That info should be presented in
a short phrase that can fit into one line with plenty of room to spare.

I hope this can help clear up your problems, too.

regards, Karen Mardahl
http://mardahl.dk

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Carr, Robert G. < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello again-
>
> We have been working to get our testing procedures for PDF's wrapped up,
> and one of the things that seems to be the most tricky to pin down is a
> Table of Contents. How should a Table of Contents be tagged in Acrobat's
> tag tree? We have not noticed much of a difference in some of the
> different markup approaches when we test. Is there a structurally and
> functionally "right" way to mark up a Table of Contents in Acrobat? Is the
> way that Word typically converts them to PDF acceptable, or is there more
> cleanup to do after that conversion has occurred?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Rob Carr
> <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>
> > > >