Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 254)

234 Creating Tables of Contents, Outlines and Indexes Book Tools
Maintain a running table of contents
You can also use markers and cross-references (see pages 217 and 221) to create a running table of
contents that constantly updates itself as illustrated at the top of each section in this document.
After you have thoroughly marked your document, place your insertion point near the top of a
chapter.
1. Create a Style (as explained in “Create a new style” on page 103) that has the attributes you
want for the contents.
Figure 265
A style for a table of contents
2. Place your insertion point where you want the contents to appear and choose the menu
command Insert > Cross-reference….
3. Choose Bookmark from the Insert Reference to pop-up menu at the top of the dialog.
4. Scroll to the bookmark for the heading of the specified portion of your document.
You can display the list either in alphabetical order, or, in the sequence they appear in your
document.
5. Choose Bookmarked Text from the Display Text pop-up menu at the bottom of the dialog and
click Insert.
6. Press @ to separate the heading from its page number.
7. Choose the menu command Insert > Cross-reference….
The marker name you just used is still selected.
8. Choose Page Number from the Display Text pop-up menu at the bottom of the dialog and
click Insert.
9. Repeat this process for each of the headings of the section.
Nisus Writer Pro keeps the page numbers in this list current at all times.
Outlines
Nisus Writer Pro also enables you to simulate many of the features of using an outline.
What is an outline?
The Wikipedia has an excellent and simple description of an outline:
An outline is a hierarchical way to display related items of text to graphically depict their
relationships.
Using the Table of Contents Navigator as an outline
As explained above in Display the table of contents Navigator pane on 227, Nisus Writer Pro can
display a (resizable) pane on the left side of your document window that lists all the table of
contents entries in the document. If your table of contents is hierarchical, the view in the Navigator
reflects that hierarchy as illustrated in Figure 266 where we have taken liberties with Anna Sewell’s
novel Black Beauty.