Ramon56

I tried fiddling with the different field types, but if I get the first section correct, the following ones get the numbers wrong. I'll let it go for now and simply generate the TOC, then reset the section number again. I have to deliver the book (it's already on pre-sale) and cannot dedicate more time to it. Thanks for your help!

All sections are "Continue page numbering", except this one, where the page number needs to start with "5". But in order to achieve that, I need to set the section number to "4", as can be seen from the previous screenshot. However, if I do so, then it scrambles the TOC and we get back to the original problem.

However, I now have a new issue: The TOC generates fine, but the page numbers in the footer are now wrong (page 5 which is the beginning of the chapter becomes page 6! It looks as if the page footers are set at spread level, and not page level! So when you set the section page start at 5, it considers that the LEFT page of the spread is #5, and not the page where the section has been made! Any ideas on how to fix this?

Ok, got it, @Old Bruce What was confusing me was that the footer stated Page #5. Thanks for your help! (You too, @MikeTO!)

Josh, I suspect that you have selected "Justify All" instead of "Justify Left". Cheers.

Hello, Mike. Thanks for your assistance. The test file that you sent seems to work OK. I attach an extract of the book, basically deleting all the text except one paragraph and two chapter headers. This issue has me really mystified. Cheers. Sample.afpub

I am using Publisher 2.30. On creating a book, I have created a template for book pages, and a special template for the first page of a chapter, which allows me to include the chapter headers. The chapter header goes in one layer, and the text in a different one. Left pages include the book title and page number in the footer, right pages have my name and page number in the footer. Nothing specially fancy. Everything works perfectly, and when I generate the Table of Contents, it does indeed include the chapter titles, BUT unfortunately it indicates the number of the LEFT (even) page, even though the chapter starts in an RIGHT (odd) page. I am not sure whether this is a bug or something has escaped me. The chapter header layer is on the RIGHT (odd) page, but the TOC still indicates that it is on the left page. I have tried moving around the layers of the templates, but to no avail. In the screenshot below you can see the page layout. The "Prefacio" (Preface) chapter is on page 5 (odd page), but the TOC states that it is on page 4 (previous even page). The left side of the screenshot shows part of the TOC, and you will notice that ALL are even pages. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

This was a featur that existed in PagePlus and was very handy because it took ages to update some text (even a typo) in a long document (I have books of 600 pages). It allows to create separate files for the different chapters, and combine them into a single PDF. I have not checked how they update the index, but will try to find out as soon as I start playing with it. And yes, it's a pity that it does not have ePub export yet.

Did the same test, using a Word document with quite a few footnotes. Import was flawless. I have not tested more advanced footnote aspects, but this test shows that at least it covers the minimum that I expected when I purchased V1, so I am happy. I have taken the reduced price offer and will now explore other capabilities. For the moment I am happy, as this was my biggest stumbling block; hopefully I will be pleasantly surprised.

Well, it seems that the long, long wait is over. I have not checked it yet, but even a basic functionality will remove quite a few grey hairs. I have not seen anything about Word import of footnotes and endnotes, so I'll have to test that out. On the other hand, I have seen a very nice feature that PagePlus had and was missing, which is the combination of different Publisher documents as chapters into a single book. This is great, I can assure you, specially when you have books with hundreds of pages!

Pulisher is "supposed" to be BETTER than word processors for publishing... yet it has less publishing capabilities than those.

Don't count on it. In any case, I find it interesting that you combined the html files in Calibre. I was not aware thta was possible. Need to test that.

I have far better things to do than evaluating beta software. You may have all the time in the world, but I certainly don't. 10 days for evaluation is also far too short, and it takes also quite a lot of time to master a complex program, even assuming that you can dedicate a lot of time to it (which I couldn't). By the time I realized that this feature was missing, it was too late for the money-back (which I certainly would have requested). Now, the statement that the marketing material lists all functions is plain nonsense. Does it tell that you can underline, use italics or bold? That you can use different fonts? That you can indent paragraphs or space different lines? No, it doesn't, yet those capabilities are there. When people buy such a program, they consider that certain things are so fundamental that they take them for granted. I certainly did NOT expect that AP would NOT have such a basic feature as footnotes and endnotes, which are included in simple word processors such as MS Word, OpenOffice, LibreOffice, or even WPS Writer. Why would I buy AP if it has LESS features than a word processor? So yes, I feel absolutely cheated.

True, but PagePlus had ESSENTIAL features (such as footnotes/endnotes) and combination of different files that AP STILL does not have! (Can you imagine a motorcycle without a brake?) Same here. BUT I am going to make certain before paying a dime that it has the features that I need (including of course footnotes/endnotes). I won't be cheated a second time.

I personally do not have much hope.... after 4 years, we still do not have footnotes.