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schmoe · 03-26-2011, 12:03 PM

Hello. Publishing -- rather, attempting to publish -- my first work. Per instructions, I've composed it in Word, saved it as HTML, and am now attempting to tweak it with a table of contents, and maybe some other "guide" thingies.

But the instructions absolutely suck. And I've perused this board for insights on the TOC, and not found any meaningful answer. I'm not an HTML expert, but I think I know what a tag is. But can't seem to filter anything successfully in the TOC Wizard. So...

I open the HTML file in a source editor, and I see the tags -- and there's a boatload of crap in there as well -- and tell the Wizard to flag this tag, for example:

Code:

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Chapter 1</span></p>

...and as input to the Wizard I enter: Tag Name: span; Attribute: style; value: 'font-size:14.0pt', and variations thereupon, with no resulting success.

My questions: Am I screwing up the nomenclature? Also, the TOC Wizard creates a separate TOC HTML file. I have no specific Contents page in my main document, because, well, that's what the HTML filters are for, right?

And what about guides? How on earth do you enable the "search" feature for your book? What/where are the "script" files that you're supposed to refer to in the Guide wizard?

Thanks in advance.

03-26-2011, 12:03 PM	#1
schmoe Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: all	Mobi Creator, Word HTML, and TOC Hello. Publishing -- rather, attempting to publish -- my first work. Per instructions, I've composed it in Word, saved it as HTML, and am now attempting to tweak it with a table of contents, and maybe some other "guide" thingies. But the instructions absolutely suck. And I've perused this board for insights on the TOC, and not found any meaningful answer. I'm not an HTML expert, but I think I know what a tag is. But can't seem to filter anything successfully in the TOC Wizard. So... I open the HTML file in a source editor, and I see the tags -- and there's a boatload of crap in there as well -- and tell the Wizard to flag this tag, for example: Code: <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Chapter 1</span></p> ...and as input to the Wizard I enter: Tag Name: span; Attribute: style; value: 'font-size:14.0pt', and variations thereupon, with no resulting success. My questions: Am I screwing up the nomenclature? Also, the TOC Wizard creates a separate TOC HTML file. I have no specific Contents page in my main document, because, well, that's what the HTML filters are for, right? And what about guides? How on earth do you enable the "search" feature for your book? What/where are the "script" files that you're supposed to refer to in the Guide wizard? Thanks in advance.