pdx:addTableContents

Inserts a Table of Contents (TOC) into the Word document.

Description

Element definition

This element allows you to include a Table of Contents in you Word document.

Attributes and sub-elements

options

key Description
autoUpdate If true it will try to update the TOC when first opened.
displayLevels Must be of the form "1-3" where the first number is the start level an the second the end level. If not defined all existing levels are shown.

legend

The possible keys and values are:

key Description
text The placeholder text that will be shown if the autoupdate option is not activated.

The possible keys and values are:

key Description
pStyle The WordML fragment object containing the contents for the even pages header
backgroundColor Hexadecimal color value: FF0000, 000000...
bidi Set to true for right to left languages like Hebrew or Arabic.
bold If true the text will be shown in bold characters.
border Available values are:
  • none (default)
  • double
  • dashed
  • outset
  • inset
  • threeDEmboss
  • threeDEngrave
You can access to the complete list in: Border Styles.
borderBottom Overwrites the general border type for the bottom border of the paragraph.
borderLeft Overwrites the general border type for the left border of the paragraph.
borderTop Overwrites the general border type for the top border of the paragraph.
borderRight Overwrites the general border type for the right border of the paragraph.
borderColor Hexadecimal color value: FF0000, 000000...
borderBottomColor Overwrites the general border color for the bottom border of the paragraph.
borderLeftColor Overwrites the general border color for the left border of the paragraph.
borderTopColor Overwrites the general border color for the top border of the paragraph.
borderRightColor Overwrites the general border color for the right border of the paragraph.
borderSpacing Separation between border and text in points.
borderBottomSpacing Overwrites the general border spacing for the bottom border of the paragraph.
borderLeftSpacing Overwrites the general border spacing for the left border of the paragraph.
borderTopSpacing Overwrites the general border spacing for the top border of the paragraph.
borderRightSpacing Overwrites the general border spacing for the right border of the paragraph.
borderWidth Border width in eigths of a point.
borderBottomWidth Overwrites the general border width for the bottom border of the paragraph.
borderLeftWidth Overwrites the general border width for the left border of the paragraph.
borderTopWidth Overwrites the general border width for the top border of the paragraph.
borderRightWidth Overwrites the general border width for the right border of the paragraph.
caps If true displays text in capital letters.
color Hexadecimal color value: 'FF0000', '000000'...
contextualSpacing If true ignores spacing above and below the paragraph whenever the neighbouring paragraphs use the same Word style (false by default).
firstLineIndent First line indentation in twentieths of a point (twips).
font Font family: 'Arial', Calibri'...
fontSize Font size in points.
hanging Paragraph hanging in twentieths of a point (twips).
headingLevel The heading level if we want this paragraph to be a heading.
italic If true displays the text in italics.
indentLeft Left margin in points.
indentRight Right margin in points
keepLines Keeps (whenever possible) all the current paragraph lines on the same page (default value is false).
keepNext Keeps (whenever possible) in the same page the current paragraph with next paragraph (default value is false).
lineSpacing 1 corresponds to single line spacing, 2 to double line spacing and so long so forth. It admits decimal numbers.
pageBreakBefore If true forces a page break before the paragraph.
rtl Set to true for right to left languages like Hebrew or Arabic.
smallCaps If true displays text in small capital letters.
spacingBottom Bottom padding in twentieths of a point
spacingTop Top padding in twentieths of a point
textAlign Text alignment within paragraphs. Possible values are: center, right, both and distribute.
textDirection Text flow direction within a table cell. Possible values are: lrTb, tbRl, btLr, lrTbV, tbRlV and tbLrV.
underline Underlines text. Possible values are: single, words, double, dotted, dash and wave.
widowControl Prevents Word from printing the last line of a paragraph by itself at the top of the page (widow) or the first line of a paragraph at the bottom of a page (orphan).
wordWrap Allows line breaking at character level (default value is false).

stylesTOC

Path to a docx. This optional parameter allows to extract the TOC styles from an existing Word document so the embedded TOC can be fully customized.

Code samples
#Example 1

config.xml

content.xml

settings.xml

The resulting Word document looks like: